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Saul Alinsky (l) speaks on Aug. 2, 1963, and Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen works from his desk on Oct. 23, 1956. (photo: Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0/Public Domain)

By James Day, National Catholic Register, September 7, 2024

James Day is the Operations Manager at EWTN in Orange County, California

The first episode of this two-part ‘Saints vs. Scoundrels’ airs Sunday, Sept. 8, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern.

James DayOne wrote a manifesto called Rules for Radicals. The other wrote titles such as Seven Pillars of PeaceThe Divine Romance and Freedom Under God. Both were natives of Illinois. Both shaped generations with their diverging philosophies.

Beginning this weekend, both will square off on EWTN’s Saints vs. Scoundrels.

One is the self-professed radical Saul Alinsky (1909-1972), whose political theories inspired such leaders as community organizer-turned-president Barack Obama. The other was an Emmy Award-winning bishop whose insights reached millions of homes. His name was Fulton Sheen (1895-1979). …