ROME (ITALY)
Catholic News Agency
Dec. 5, 2019
By JD Flynn and Ed Condon
The beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen was delayed at the request of Bishop Salvatore Matano of Rochester, an official in the Peoria diocese and other Church officials have confirmed.
“They did not agree with the fact the beatification date was set and announced and asked the further consideration be done,” Msgr. James Kruse, Director of Canonical Affairs in the Diocese of Peoria, told CNA Dec. 4.
Kruse is also a member of the Sheen Foundation, and has worked for years on Sheen’s cause for canonization.
Several other sources close to the beatification also told CNA that Matano requested the beatification be delayed.
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