The beatification Mass for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen took place at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis on Sept. 24 with tens of thousands of the faithful in attendance. Pope Leo XIV issued a papal decree granting that Fulton Sheen “may henceforth be called blessed.” Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, acting as the pope’s legate, read the apostolic letter at the Mass in St. Louis.
Blessed Fulton Sheen’s feast day will be Dec. 9, the anniversary of his death. That date also marks the first apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to St. Juan Diego in 1531.
the cathedral at Peoria, Illiniois. The visit took place on Sept. 23, 2026, the eve of Venerable Archbishop
Fulton J. Sheenʼs beatification in St. Louis. | Credit: Jeffrey Bruno
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, Illinois, on Sept. 23, 2026, the eve of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheenʼs beatification in St. Louis. | Credit: Jeffrey Bruno
