Illinois

The path to beatification for Archbishop Sheen has been anything but smooth.

“It’s pretty cool,” James recently told OSV News, adding that having a role in Archbishop Sheen’s sainthood cause makes him feel “special.”

Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history.

Venerable Fulton J. Sheen will soon be beatified, now that the Vatican has given the green light, the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced Feb. 9.

“Pro-life and pro-parents’ rights Americans need to start paying attention to what’s going on in our state, because this is officially a national problem.”

“Catholics must be free to live according to the 2,000-year-old teachings of our faith without government intrusion,” Bishop Paprocki said.

Illinois has become the 12th state, along with the District of Columbia, to legalize assisted suicide, amid outcry among the state’s Catholic bishops and other pro-life and disability advocates.

A Chicago priest completed a 900-mile walk from Chicago’s south suburbs to New York City Dec. 2 to highlight the difficulties immigrant families are facing under the current immigration crackdown …

His beatification had been scheduled for Dec. 21, 2019, in Peoria, Illinois, before its postponement, a move that was scandalous, given the stage of the cause.

Gov. JB Pritzker has 60 days to act — sign, veto or leave untouched, which results in automatic enactment — after receiving the bill.