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155 The Hidden Life of Fulton Sheen: America's Greatest Evangelist
Archbishop Fulton Sheen captivated millions with his preaching - but what was it that made his own spiritual life so extraordinary? In this episode of the Art of Catholic podcast, Matthew Leonard and Allan Smith explore Sheen's life, teaching, deep interior life, and the habits that helped form one of the most remarkable Catholic voices of the modern age.
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Most Catholics know who Fulton Sheen was.
Or at least they think they do.
The cape. The unmistakable voice. The brilliant teaching. The fearless way he proclaimed the Catholic faith.
But that Emmy Award-winning evangelist was only the Fulton Sheen everyone saw in public.
What was underneath all of that?
What was it about this man that made him truly holy?
What did his life actually look like when the cameras were off?
And what ultimately moved the Church to determine that Fulton Sheen should be beatified?
Those are the questions I wanted to explore in my conversation with my good friend Allan Smith on the latest Art of Catholic podcast.
Allan is on the beatification committee for Archbishop Sheen and has spent more than a decade studying, preserving and promoting Sheen's spiritual legacy. Few people know the man behind the famous television personality quite like he does.
So our conversation gets into some fascinating parts of Sheen's life and spirituality that aren't nearly as well known.
Among the things we discuss:
- The secret to Sheen's supernatural success
- Sheen's favorite saints & spirituality
- Why he so affected even non-Catholics
- His most powerful sermon...and why
- His famous encounter with St. John Paul II
- And much more!
If you want to understand what made Fulton Sheen truly holy - and what made him the kind of man the Church is preparing to beatify - you're going to want to hear this conversation.
23 Jun 2026
154 The Deeper (Darker) Currents of Pope Leo's Encyclical on AI
Many people have missed a lot of the deeper ideas that Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas on AI is built on. Matthew Leonard and Michael Matheson Miller expose not only those deeper currents, but some of the darker forces which the Holy Father is addressing.
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Covered in this episode:
Why the Pope says technology isn't neutral
Understanding Transhumanism & Posthumanism...and their danger
How our moral progress hasn't matched our technical progress
Why Catholics must reject the "technocratic paradigm" (and what that is)
Why many tech professionals believe death is just a "glitch" to be solved
What to do when we feel helpless in the face of technology
and more!
17 Jun 2026
153 The Hidden Danger of Christian Healing Culture
Wounds are real and need to be dealt with. That said, there's a danger.
Matthew Leonard and Michael Matheson Miller discuss how people in the modern therapeutic culture of "healing" sometimes forget the most important thing and get stuck in their past and present issues.
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