"I am a soldier of the church," said the Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, 71. "The general has told me to go there, and I love it." Pope Paul VI had ordered Bishop Sheen to Rochester, N.Y., where he will take over the diocese, assuming his first pastoral assignment in 42 years. Sheen, who used to compete with Uncle Miltie for the Tuesday night Nielsen ratings, will continue the TV sermons he resumed last September after a nine-year absence. "In Rochester I will be closer to the people," he told a Manhattan press conference. Carried away by interfaith enthusiasm, a photographer...
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