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- The Catholic Church beatified Venerable Fulton J. Sheen in St. Louis, Missouri, on Thursday.
- It is the first beatification on U.S. soil in almost ten years.
- Sheen began hosting the nationally broadcast radio program The Catholic Hour in 1930.
- In 1950 he launched the prime-time TV show Life Is Worth Living, drawing 30 million weekly viewers.