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Meet the 50,000 Catholics Who Went to See America’s Next Saint
The Free Press • • nation
Key Points:
- Over 600 people gathered at the Old Cathedral in St. Louis for a holy hour honoring Fulton Sheen, a prominent priest known for his Emmy-winning TV show in the 1950s and ’60s.
- The diverse crowd included Gen-Z girls, newlyweds, and seminarians, filling every pew and standing in aisles and vestibules, with some spilling outside the doors.
- Attendees had traveled from across the country to participate in the event held the night before Sheen’s beatification ceremony.
- The beatification ceremony was scheduled to take place the following day in a former NFL stadium, expected to draw around 50,000 people.
