Leo XIV, Fulton Sheen, and the Catholic American Heartland

Leo XIV, Fulton Sheen, and the Catholic American Heartland

Every American state boasts of its residents who have become famous. Illinois is no exception, and its list features American leaders of the highest level: Lincoln, Reagan, Sheen, and now Robert Prevost (Pope Leo XIV). Until the recent papal election, Ven. Sheen was probably the most-recognized American Catholic figure. But instead of seeing one man surpassed by another in the popular imagination… Source