Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

“Not Ideological Propaganda” — Cardinal Tagle Reclaims Fulton Sheen for the Poor at His Beatification

Pope Leo XIV’s delegate preached to 50,000 pilgrims and the leadership of the American Church without saying the word “communism” once. The poor came up fourteen times, and so did the celebrity priests who preach themselves.

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Sep 25, 2026
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Cardinal Tagle reads the decree of beatification of Fulton Sheen
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pope Leo XIV’s delegate, reads the decree declaring Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen blessed at the Dome at Ameri…
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