Religion: Monsignor's Tenth

Great is the Roman Catholic Church. Princes—and politicians—she has in plenty, and many a good priest. But her nearest equivalent to a great preacher is Radiorating Father Coughlin. Last week a son of Mother Church in whom she can take greater pride (he, as well as Father Coughlin, counts his hearers in millions) celebrated his tenth anniversary as a radio preacher on the National Council of Catholic Men's weekly Catholic Hour (NBC). Monsignor Fulton John Sheen celebrated the occasion appropriately, by preaching over the radio. His subject: "Memories."

Lean, black-a-vised, hollow-eyed, Monsignor Sheen is...

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