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EWTN News Explains: Why is Archbishop Fulton Sheen Important? by Kate Quiñone – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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A young Fulton Sheen. | Credit: Courtesy of The Archbishop Fulton John Sheen Foundation.

By Kate Quiñones, Catholic News Agency, February 27, 2026

Kate Quiñones is a staff writer for Catholic News Agency and a fellow of the College Fix. She has been published by the Wall Street Journal, the Denver Catholic Register, and CatholicVote, and… See full bio

 

Evangelist and theologian Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s response to modern culture continues to resonate today, according to those who have studied his life.

Kate QuiñonesVenerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1895–1979) was an award-winning radio and television personality who, amid fame and success, kept Christ at the center of his life.

Now, he’s on the path to sainthood, with the Vatican recently announcing that his beatification — the second of three major steps in the canonization process — will be moving forward following a six-year delay.

A theologian who explained heady ideas in practical language to millions of listeners, Sheen had a mission: “to know what the modern world was thinking and how to answer its problems using the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas,” according to Sheen expert Peter Howard, founder and president of the Fulton Sheen Institute and Fulton Sheen Movement. …