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

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via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru

Newly ordained

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via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru

With his radio microphone

via publicaffairs.cua.edu
via publicaffairs.cua.edu

In Rome at the Colosseum

via heatheronhertravels.com
via heatheronhertravels.com

At St. Peter’s Basilica

via heatheronhertravels.com
via heatheronhertravels.com

With Pope Ven. Pius XII

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via 6degreesofjp2.blogspot.com

With Pope St. John Paul II

via thecatholicbeat.sacredheartradio.com
via thecatholicbeat.sacredheartradio.com

Celebrating Mass

via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru
via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru

Performing a baptism

via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru
via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru

After presiding over a wedding

via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru
via fultonsheen.blogspot.ru

Blessing Dominican missionaries

Saint Joseph, Flickr
Saint Joseph, Flickr
Saint Joseph, Flickr
Saint Joseph, Flickr

With the president of Villanova University

Villanova Law Library, Flickr
Villanova Law Library, Flickr

At his desk

ABC Radio, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons
ABC Radio, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

Pray for us, Ven. Fulton Sheen!

Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

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