If you are of a certain age, you probably remember watching him on TV. And now his cause for canonization is open!
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Below are 15 rare photos from the life of America’s bishop, Ven. Fulton Sheen. You can click on any image to enlarge it.
Enjoy!
As a little child
![via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/132.jpg)
Newly ordained
![via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/218.jpg)
With his radio microphone
![via publicaffairs.cua.edu](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/83.jpg)
In Rome at the Colosseum
![via heatheronhertravels.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/2382007653_308e9afdeb_b-1024x768.jpg)
At St. Peter’s Basilica
![via heatheronhertravels.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/2382660748_d4f21f9195_o-791x1024.jpg)
With Pope Ven. Pius XII
![via 6degreesofjp2.blogspot.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/93.jpg)
With Pope St. John Paul II
![via thecatholicbeat.sacredheartradio.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/10.jpeg)
Celebrating Mass
![via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/56-1024x1022.jpg)
Performing a baptism
![via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/74-1024x683.jpg)
After presiding over a wedding
![via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/66-1024x1002.jpg)
Blessing Dominican missionaries
![Saint Joseph, Flickr](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/7042419421_2a0de72031_k-1024x747.jpg)
![Saint Joseph, Flickr](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/7042851533_b7d52db4cd_o-1024x562.png)
With the president of Villanova University
![Villanova Law Library, Flickr](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/11210942765_8ffa829bb4_k-708x1024.jpg)
At his desk
![ABC Radio, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/314.jpg)
Pray for us, Ven. Fulton Sheen!
![Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/07/410-842x1024.jpg)
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