What class and respect the panel showed, you wouldnt get that today! Archbishop Sheen was a great great man and these lovely people treated him with the grace and respect he deserved. The kissing of his ring at the end was wonderful to see. Sadly many Bishops and Priests have disgraced the name of the Church and clergy no longer recieve the respect that should be afforded them. God help the Church.
He was indeed head of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in the U.S., the American side of the same Congregation that current Pope Benedict was head of in Rome.
tho i respectfully disagree with much of your statement, the comparison of Bishop Sheen and Bela Lugosi does make me think, think a great deal. I like it!
my grprnts were devoted to Bishop Sheen and Groucho Marx, helps again one to think.
In his program, Bishop Sheen's sole prop was a chalk board. He never once asked anyone to send him money, nor did he run an 800 number on his screen. I saw him once at a lecture. It was just him, the microphone and the audience. He ws a marvelous speaker.
John Kennedy said, "We would like to go back to a simpler time, but history won't permit it." Yet for a moment here we are. Everyone on this show has proven historically proven to be decent folks. One can see it from the broadcast.
Bishop Fulton Sheen competed for the top-rated programs in the 1950's; and is credited for the Country even considering the election of a Catholic President, John F. Kennedy. America was the most prosperous and beloved in the world when Bishop Sheen Graced the American Landscape, with his wit, humor, and intelligence. He is a great example to all generations in all times.
Bishop Sheen won the Emmy for best personality ( the year after Groucho Marx) and he will be a saint someday. Regardless of what you believe, his shows made people think about theology and philosophy during prime time A blackboard and Bishop Sheen made for a prime time ratings hit.
I was actually in tears of laughter following Arlene's remark "Weekly on television and non-profit - boy, have you got a crazy sponsor!!" (and everyone's resulting reaction - geniune laughs don't come any better than this!)
Never ever trust a man of the cloth no matter how eloquent he talks. They are all liars and just want to live off of others. They are parasites. The Catholic Churchs' motto: "Where there is a will, we want to be in it."
@cobalt100 From time to time those nasty parasitical priests and nuns who taught us would take a break from stealing all the pennies and nickels out of our coat pockets and teach us so badly we ALWAYS were at least two years ahead of the public school kids. And get this - those lying lazy nuns were getting a whopping 50 BUCKS A MONTH! It's certain you would positively HATE any Catholic Church, regardless of where it's located, so may I suggest that you stay as far away as you possibly can?
Class, grace, kindness, and much love. These were Sheen's qualities. His life as well as the lives of countless other faith- filled men and women throughout the ages into the present moment, more than overshadow the sins of the few. Thank you Bishop Sheen. There is a God whose very essence is Life and Love. Thank you.
"Uncle Fultie" (according to his public rival and private close friend, Milton Berle), was a class act among clergymen or among anybody else, for that matter. These were qualities shared with Billy Graham and the Dalai Lama, to name but two, and an excellent explanation as to why all three have trans-faith admirers. Like Graham and the Dalai Lama, his strong faith and straightforward method of speaking result in a message that can apply to people of all faiths.
religion should be on tv, however it should not be forced upon anyone and it shoud not be the whole "being gay is wrong" stuff it should be the good lessons like being kind etc
Everybody says religion is gone from TV, i don't think that's true...the german public TV station (ARD) has got a tv show with nuns and it's one of the most popular shows they have
Ms. Francis is hilarious. Her line was even funnier than usual, because everyone knew that Bishop Sheen's true sponsor was God. That's a pretty good sponsor to have.
@JenniferPvlsh It was how we used to head our papers in Catholic school. Jesus Mary Joseph. Prior to Vatican II it was AGDM Ad Glorium Dei Majorum (For the greater glory of God.) :)
Bishop Sheen was the man. Even those who weren't Catholic tuned in weekly for his show. He was just a warm hearted soul who wasn't afraid to speak the truth.
@MessyJatador It's a ploy to throw off the people trying to guess his identity. The guest would frequently make up accents and the like to make it more difficult to guess who they were.
I love how at the end, the host turned over all the cards anyways and gave Bishop Sheen the full prize anyway. No one would do that today. Then Bishop Sheen told him to give it to leper colonies.
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@catholicarchangel Well, it's hard to respect a bunch of child molesters who prey on their altar boys, or those in powerful administrative positions within the Vatican who support/enable that sort of behavior.
@stickstr8up Funny a lot of teachers, scout leaders, doctors, poloticians, and above all many parents have done the same thing. Yet they don't appear on tv as much as priest who are accused of the the crime. Less than 2% of the priest in this world have been accused of this crime, child abuse happens most with parents, so does this mean all parents child molestors? Mistakes happen by incompetend people and there is no excuse, but you can't bunch all priest together for the crimes of very few.
@stickstr8up BTW there are no documentations or has anyone ever been found guilty of supporting these crimes, in fact many have denounced it and the Church has apologized several times. Before you go off trying to accuse people/institutions please do your research because you sound very ignorant. Studies show children are highest of risk of molestation in school and in their own homes, how sad indeed.
@stickstr8up well i am sure there are child molesters and criminals around you were you live. Does that mean that you are one of them? I hope not for everyone's sake. In the same way you cannot put all people in the same category as a child molester. So 1 bad apple should not be a representative of the other 99. Use your head.
@catholicarchangel I honor your respect for things holy, but Catholic priests don't deserve any respect because they are part of an organization that has done nothing but massive harm to human society. They are directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of nearly 50 million people, have abused thousands upon thousands of children over the past 500 years, have altered the course of nations by the whim of immoral Popes, and Sheen himself was a particularly dreadful and frightening fellow.
@TheTubePortal It is a complete falsehood to assert that the Church has not been a force for any good in human history. Just look at the lives of people like Thomas Aqunias, Augustine of Hippo or Francis of Asissi those three men alone show what a great force for good the Church can be and has been in the world. The Catholic church is responsible for over 10 million deaths, but most of those occurred between 1096 to 1270 during the Crusades which were launched in response to the..
..Muslim attack upon the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire. Have you given any thought to how many lives the Church has been responsible for saving or in your contempt for Catholic priests whether you know the names of those priests who gave their lives to save jewish prisioners during WW2. It's also a lie that the for the past 500 years the Catholic Church has been involved in the abuse of children though i don't deny the terrible suffering many children have suffered in the last 80 years.
@godriczimmerman 500+ years of sexual abuse by Catholic priests is not a lie. It's well documented as early as the 1520s in some of the first Protestant criticisms of the RC Church. It also appears in many books since then, many from Ireland. Although certain priests may have given themselves for others there are also those who murdered under Church authority, like the Inquisitions, Ustachi, and the Nazis. The largest number of deaths have been since 1800. The RCC is an evil institution.
@TheTubePortal Sexual abuse cases by Catholic priests as early as the 1520s are not "well documented", in fact, as far as i can see their completely non existent, you must have access to information i don't. You admit that Catholic priests have "given themselves for others" (well, thats a start i suppose) though some "murdered under Church authority, like the Inquisitions, Ustachi, and the Nazis" the Ustachi, and the Nazis? lol. Now i know where you've gotten your 50 million figure from..
@godriczimmerman No need for sarcasm. I'm willing to debate you on this, but only if it remains polite. I have researched this topic extensively so much so that it is being prepared for a book. The first person to suggest that the Church was responsible for millions of deaths was a letter by an unnamed Catholic priest quoted in a book written by Cardinal Bellarmino who agreed with it. Sexual abuse is recorded in Protestant pamphlets in the 1520s in German and Italian.
@TheTubePortal Well, i'm not really willing to debate you on this, you sound like nothing but an Anti Catholic bigot to me. You've researched the topic extensively, yet can only give me one vague example of abuse claims before the 20th century, a Protestant pamphlet in the 1520s which i can't get any reference on and an unnamed Catholic priest claiming the Church was responsible for millions of deaths at an unknown date. I'd be happy to see the new evidence you have that Pius XII supported..
@godriczimmerman I am not a bigot, I'm an historian. "A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from their own or intolerant of people of different political views, ethnicity, race, class, religion, profession, sexuality or gender." Facts are facts. Just because they make the Church look bad doesn't invalidate them. It's really unfortunate to say, but as you are unwilling to consider the reality of these issues that could indicate you may be bigoted here.
....and helped fund Hitler because i just don't believe it. By the way, theres nothing unbiblical about the traditions or dogmas of the church, but i know that's a completely different argument altogether.
@godriczimmerman If you want details, names of people, books, chapter, page number tell me and I'll send them to you in your inbox. As for doctrine, dogma, tradition, et.al. they were inventions. The views and practices of the Christian churches until Niceae are vastly different from later doctrine and practices. They did not believe in an immaculate Mary, Hellfire, were not trinitarian, and did not believe in a Pope. You surely know this from history? Have you ever read unbiased history?
@TheTubePortal Actually you bring yourself into complete error when you begin referring to some sort of 'unified' set of beliefs that the early Churches held. In fact, aside from the foundational beliefs of Christianity, practices and nuanced ideas were really extremely varied. There were multiple extraneous texts, and thus notions on Christianity.
All that was done was for all to be examined and the best, most substantial positions upheld and promoted.
@MrWildbill20056 I'm speaking about it within the context of existing creeds and domata, nearly all of which were formulated or inspired by the Roman Catholic Church. Of course there were varied views on issues, which is what made the early church vibrant. However, when it comes to the core doctrines there was great unanimity during the first two centuries. This is well established in existing writings. I'm not referring to "heretical" groups like Montanists or Gnostics.
@TheTubePortal Considering that the Catholic Church is the direct descendent of the early Church fathers, then of course nearly all beliefs/ideas have been held or developed therein.
However let's take the Trinity. Ignatius in 110 affirmed this belief. Justyn the Martyr in 130.
Iraneus, 145 years prior to Nicaea, when writing 'against Herecies' specifically presented Trinitarian belief as the standard, and others as Herecy.
@MrWildbill20056 If you're unwilling to consider facts of history, but merely playing apologist then there's no point in continuing the discussion because it's based on your faith, not facts. The three you refer to did not affirm the Trinity as later defined (three, co-equal, homoousios), they merely used the verbal formula of father/son/spirit. The earliest was Tertullian in the 3rd century. The doctrine was not fully defined until the Third Synod of Toledo in 589 AD.
...your so completely ignorant of actual history as to claim the Church is responsible for the atrocities of fascism.The Church was not an friend to Nazi Germany, thousands of Catholics priests were murdered, while 5 million Polish Catholics died in Nazi concentration camps. Pope Pius XII was responsible for saving over 700,000 Jews during the war. The largest number of deaths have been since 1800? Eh well, of course it is if you want to just randomly throw in the victims of fascism.
@godriczimmerman I've researched Church history in the minutest detail and can cite chapter and verse of facts to you if you require it. Although it still remains a controversial matter, there is much evidence to show that Pope Pius XII not only supported Hitler but helped fund him. The Church, as always, played both ends against the middle supporting both sides but then standing by the winner at the end to control propaganda. Rome had its fingers all through fascist Italy, Spain and Germany.
@catholicarchangel Thanks be to God! The RC Church has blasphemed God by inventing unBiblical doctrines, dogmas, creeds, and traditions; has murdered millions supposedly in God's name, and harmed countless others through sexual abuse, political intrigues, hypocrisy and chicanery. This is the main reason many turn from the Church, and why many turn from Christianity. The worst examples for the world are not unbelievers, but those claiming the name of Christ, both Protestant and Catholic.
Sheen was on televisoin at least until the late 1960's. I liked him a lot at the time although I don't know how he'd strike me now, since I'm lapsed. He made you feel good about yourself rather than make you feel guilty and sinful.
There's no one like him anymore. The nun they have on the Catholic tv network now makes me cringe even more than the televangelists.
Personally I always like Father George W Rutler, whose low-key delivery and wide-ranging mind never failed to hold my attention. He was a gentle and proper antithesis to the lively Bishop. Too bad he's not on EWTN these days.
@melora72 Really? Mother Angelica?....but just to let you know, you can watch old episodes of Bishop Sheen on EWTN if you like....they are pretty good! I believe the show is called "Life is Worth Living".
When I was a kid, I took in all the BS. Now I know better. Never trust a Catholic priest. Run, don't walk, and get PRIEST OFF at your local pest control pharmacy.
I just love Archbishop Sheen! What a wonderful and devout Christian! I agree with the comments about how wonderful to see everyone so enthused about a Catholic Bishop! The man was a Saint! God bless and R.I.P., Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen!
I was born in 1959, and I watched "What's My Line" as a kid. One thing these old videos bring back: those blindfolds used to kind of creep me out -- especially the women's. They really are kind of grotesque, aren't they? (The blindfolds I mean, not the women.) Dorothy's were often particularly bizarre.
One of America's (and the world's) most respected clergymen, Bishop Sheen had a straight-on manner os speaking, leavened with gentle humor, that brought him respect from Catholics and non-Catholics alike. A kidding rivalry with Milton Berle onscreen (their shows were on opposite each other during the 50's) was the outward sign of a close friendship offscreen.
@islandboystsimons that would be up to the church, would't it! i mean the laity didn't turn away or lose respect out of the blue.
education & communication in the 20th century empowered humanity to think, use their brains, then decide what has true merit. however, the church, in it's effort to retain power & money continued to use baseless fear. it gambled & lost.
should the church decide to use truth with spirituality it might reverse it's decline, not before! but don't hold your breath!
@jvolstad In all honesty, if you were not white and male, the 1950's sucked pretty good. No equal rights for anybody. I will take today's world, then the narrow mindedness of the 1950's. These shows are great, but clearly minorities were not equally represented.
According to Dollar Times inflation calculator, that $50. today would be worth 367.50. That's not a whole lot, but if you consider that the minimum wage was $1.00/hr in 1960, then that would represent over 9 weeks' salary at 40 hours per week. So let's say somebody makes $320. per week today (about minimum wage), that would be $2,880. in prize money. Nothing to get ecstatic over, but not bad for a few game show minutes.
Oh my goodness. I want to cry that my kids did not live in these days when this kind of respect for a Catholic Bishop was rendered. I just took it for granted. This world now is too removed. Let us pray to God Almighty that we return to this!
Wonderful intelligent man and always willing to be playful and I'm an agnostic with atheistic overtones and a big fan of the Bishop! There's room for everybody.
@Toral3533 Devout to the point of publicly admitting her faith, ON CAMERA, in front of millions of viewers back home (not to mention the cheering studio audience) - such a beautifully serene declaration amidst the jubilant applause!
Classy. He was a good sport coming out.. and wanting the money to go to leper colonies was understated and gracious. No big to-do about presenting someone of the cloth, too!
@MattTheSaiyan This is so strange for me. I was born in '60 and I don't remember anything other than Billy Graham as far as religious programming. Oh, I wish we could go back to that. Let us hope to God that we do!!!!!!
This is fantastic. Thanks so much for uploading it. What a presence Bishop Sheen had. Brilliant man, fantastic speaker, and such a powerful yet gentle soul. I watch him on EWTN all the time.
@mytruepower2 You've got to be kidding. Nobody's trying to dimantle the church. To the contrary, evangelicals are busy trying to insert themselves and their ideology into every aspect of public life, school teaching, politics and law. You can do what you please in your church - just don't push it on me.
Well, here's how I see it. If you want to argue with me, or if you want me to expand on what I said, you're going about it the wrong way. On the other hand, if what you want is just to carp about religion, then why bother replying to me at all? You don't need my permission.
@mytruepower2 The point is I will not let your absurd statement that "society is trying to dismantle religion" today go unchallenge. It is sheer and utter nonsense that you try to slip through as a matter-of-fact comment.
To challenge something is to look it square in the face with courage and attempt to establish its falsehood through critical analysis, not simply to get riled by it. If you really want to talk about this, I'm willing to, but if you don't really want to examine my claim, you can't possibly challenge it.
This is to my recollection the only instance where I've seen the women panelists stand to shake hands to the guest. It took a bishop to make them rise. Boy, times certainly have changed!
@wondermusic63: Actually there were a couple more I found where the lady panelists stood. One was Mrs. Roosevelt, and the other was a nun who was a dentist.
I don't think I died, but then maybe I just wasn't paying attention. Dang, I hate forgetting little things like that, losing my keys, running out of milk, dying, it just ruins my whole day.
@MsPandaRosa just as i thought, another self serving crazy "christian" who hasn't the damned sense to come in out of the rain trying to tell others what god has in store for them!
best you and others like you do the right thing, and keep your stupidity to yourselves. you do no one including your made up religion any service by constantly lying about things you know NOTHING about!
@MsPandaRosa i delight in pointing out ignorance, particularly of your type. it helps to embolden others who've had to endure YOUR finger wagging at them all their innocent lives. got it?
as for other faiths, don't go around assuming, as you usually do! i'm quite sure you've been made an ass a number of times with that "holier than thou" attitude, no doubt!
ignorant, intolerant, bigoted "christians" like you make me & many others sick & tired of your god damned bullshit lies!
I admit we Xians have a lot to answer for, but there is nothing gained by jeering at those with genuine faith, who really try to do right more than just saying who is wrong. The Xian Church did more than just persecute, if you look it up.
There's a rising tide of militant atheists who sound distressingly close to the Westboro wingnuts. You win no converts just by telling people they are stupid.
@MsPandaRosa "genuine faith" as you call it has maintained a blind eye to the evils of the church. "genuine faith" has enabled the church to continue to commit human atrocities against much of mankind.
does your "genuine faith" allow you during a homily to stand up in protest when a priest lies? does it even let you take a priest aside, in private, to question his lack of truth? did it deny, as did my father, of the ramped child abuse in your church?
I wish I were a Catholic. What you describe is not faith; there is a difference between a person's beliefs and the corruption that infests too many institutions. Priests are not the only ones who commit such crimes. If you suffered you have my honest sympathy, but that alone is not enough for me to doubt God.
Nor are you alone in your disgust. There's not a few Xians who'd agree with you about the Church, Martin Luther for starts.
@MsPandaRosa i've not suffered at all at the hands of the catholic church. i never gave them that pleasure. as a mere child i realized i just didn't believe any of the crap they sent my way. my lack of belief was not because i had struggles, i just didn't believe!
in light of the shit that's recently taken place with fundamentalists it's my duty to let others know they need not be intimidated by catholicism or other denominations because of their ignorance, intolerance, hate & fear! mongering!
I'll agree with you in every point but one about fundies and the crap they push; they use their faith like a club to intimidate. The Church does need to look at itself.
What you believe is your own business, and a true Xian knows to leave it alone.
That said, 99.99% of all Xians would agree with you about the so-called Judgment Day (and how it's been rescheduled), would have a good laugh over the absurdity of it all. These days we can all use that.
@MsPandaRosa your "genuine faith" is an excuse to continue to shield the church from the hate it spreads, the ignorance you embrace, the intolerance you practice & the bigotry you endorse! your "genuine faith" comes solely from fear mongering YOU & others like you allow the church to continually perpetrate!
exactly what is it that you're afraid of if you question the very principles the church built it's empire on? don't you think if there is a god, he himself is disgusted with the "church"?
I think the most interesting thing about this is that network television had no problem presenting religion at the time, even in it's drama shows. Additionally, many of the weekly music programs -- of which there are NONE today -- ended with religious music. Yes, it was a simpler time.
All the traditional Catholic priests and bishops wear cassocks all the time. I once went skating with a traditional priest and he wore his cassock even to go ice skating! It is not traditional for a priest to wear a pants suit. Not at all.
What Bishop Sheen is wearing is a clerical Suit. It is called "clerics"A shirt with a Roman Collar worn with black jacket and trousers. It was common for Catholic priests to wear clerics in non- liturgical occsions such as travelling. This ir probably from the late 195o's or early '60's.
There's no blood connection between Archbishop Sheen and Martin Sheen. Martin Sheen was born Ramon Estevez, and chose his stage name as a tribute to Sheen.
Yes, I did make agenerlaization in my original comments. Most folks express beliefs in general terms when they know that there can be exceptions to everything. This was certainly the case for me, but I stand firm when I say that there are MANY Christians out there who bring shame and disgust on what being a true Christian should be....I was just a kid when Fulton Sheen died, but i find him to be such an amazing human being from looking back at his life from what was preserved on film.
You say...."back in the good old days when the air in America was Christian"......is there something wrong with having the air being something else today? I've seen enough of how Christians are in this country, especially in the area of political influence over the last 25 years and it's utterly sickening! Lord Jesus, protect me from your crazy followers!!!!
I do not have a problem with Billy Graham, in fact I find him to be an honorable man. He did get caught on tape with Richard Nixon making disparaging comments about Jews, for which he admitted embarrassment and did apologize for them. I know nothing about who Dinesh D'Souza is, so I cannot comment. My utter disgust is with people like James Dobson, Fred Phelps, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and other associated dirtbags like those men!
I am proud to be a citizen of a free nation which "for now" still allows men such as [dirtbags] as you call them - a nation which allows men to speak as they wish- including you - My humble prayer is that Jesus would have the focus not a Bishop or a Bible thumper or a mega- hypno-crusader ... when ones eyes are distracted from the Lord- one may be in darkness- and that goes for "all" religions ....or sects...or labels....let us focus on the MAN...not the followers...
You have a right to your Opinion and I do, mine. It is best not to put all "Christian Faith" or any faith or philosophy in the same camp with others who claim to be of the same cloth; they are not.
Names like Dobson, Falwell, etc. simply do not play in the same league as Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. He was so honourable and powerful and dignified. He was trained in an entirely different level of Theology, and I absolutely respect and treasure his faith and wisdom, which is a universal message.
What class and respect the panel showed, you wouldnt get that today! Archbishop Sheen was a great great man and these lovely people treated him with the grace and respect he deserved. The kissing of his ring at the end was wonderful to see. Sadly many Bishops and Priests have disgraced the name of the Church and clergy no longer recieve the respect that should be afforded them. God help the Church.
Hairball131 4 days ago
Wow, 50 bucks must have gone a long way in the '50's!
skybart 1 week ago
He was indeed head of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in the U.S., the American side of the same Congregation that current Pope Benedict was head of in Rome.
xander7ful 2 weeks ago
I love the way that Dorothy Kilgallen kisses the Bisop's ring.
RB1US 1 month ago
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Sheen was a public liar and a fear-monger, a precursor of the scoundrels of today's media. Bela Lugosi had more warmth.
drumcircler 3 months ago
@drumcircler
tho i respectfully disagree with much of your statement, the comparison of Bishop Sheen and Bela Lugosi does make me think, think a great deal. I like it!
my grprnts were devoted to Bishop Sheen and Groucho Marx, helps again one to think.
MsPandaRosa 2 weeks ago
love this show
dagwood39 4 months ago
In his program, Bishop Sheen's sole prop was a chalk board. He never once asked anyone to send him money, nor did he run an 800 number on his screen. I saw him once at a lecture. It was just him, the microphone and the audience. He ws a marvelous speaker.
phtevlin 4 months ago
These adults are very missed. Thankyou for posting this. This is great for the mind.
frankieforgood1 4 months ago
John Kennedy said, "We would like to go back to a simpler time, but history won't permit it." Yet for a moment here we are. Everyone on this show has proven historically proven to be decent folks. One can see it from the broadcast.
speeterjohnson 4 months ago
Bishop Fulton Sheen competed for the top-rated programs in the 1950's; and is credited for the Country even considering the election of a Catholic President, John F. Kennedy. America was the most prosperous and beloved in the world when Bishop Sheen Graced the American Landscape, with his wit, humor, and intelligence. He is a great example to all generations in all times.
GodsCountryNetwork 4 months ago
So much class in those days, without hesitation.
henrygrove100 4 months ago
The wit of Arlene Francis could not be beat.
calalilygirl 5 months ago
I really should give the others a break if they were not Catholic.
calalilygirl 5 months ago
Say what you want about DK she had class and manners. She knew how to act in given situations. And she was a whip at this game.
calalilygirl 5 months ago
duh... I was just about to do a Google search trying to figure out what is a "Xian" (pronouncing it 'zee an')
mabroussardii 5 months ago
Bishop Sheen won the Emmy for best personality ( the year after Groucho Marx) and he will be a saint someday. Regardless of what you believe, his shows made people think about theology and philosophy during prime time A blackboard and Bishop Sheen made for a prime time ratings hit.
speeterjohnson 5 months ago
@jlya2012 They were.
musicom67 5 months ago
I was actually in tears of laughter following Arlene's remark "Weekly on television and non-profit - boy, have you got a crazy sponsor!!" (and everyone's resulting reaction - geniune laughs don't come any better than this!)
quizmaster85 5 months ago 2
Never ever trust a man of the cloth no matter how eloquent he talks. They are all liars and just want to live off of others. They are parasites. The Catholic Churchs' motto: "Where there is a will, we want to be in it."
cobalt100 5 months ago
@cobalt100 Maybe you would like to spend your money on all the people the Catholic church supprts
168waco 5 months ago
@cobalt100
Blessed Bishop Sheen himself admitted it, and yet he did give much of his funds away to the world's poor, esp lepers.
MsPandaRosa 2 weeks ago
The Church is a prophet making organisation
TMThesaurus 6 months ago 11
@cobalt100 From time to time those nasty parasitical priests and nuns who taught us would take a break from stealing all the pennies and nickels out of our coat pockets and teach us so badly we ALWAYS were at least two years ahead of the public school kids. And get this - those lying lazy nuns were getting a whopping 50 BUCKS A MONTH! It's certain you would positively HATE any Catholic Church, regardless of where it's located, so may I suggest that you stay as far away as you possibly can?
wolfiestanzi 5 months ago 2
The man is a gem!
Jim1905 6 months ago 3
Class, grace, kindness, and much love. These were Sheen's qualities. His life as well as the lives of countless other faith- filled men and women throughout the ages into the present moment, more than overshadow the sins of the few. Thank you Bishop Sheen. There is a God whose very essence is Life and Love. Thank you.
rickw1100 6 months ago
"Uncle Fultie" (according to his public rival and private close friend, Milton Berle), was a class act among clergymen or among anybody else, for that matter. These were qualities shared with Billy Graham and the Dalai Lama, to name but two, and an excellent explanation as to why all three have trans-faith admirers. Like Graham and the Dalai Lama, his strong faith and straightforward method of speaking result in a message that can apply to people of all faiths.
librarybob1958 6 months ago 2
Love this man... love him.
God bless Fulton J. Sheen!
PorcelainRequiem 7 months ago 4
religion should be on tv, however it should not be forced upon anyone and it shoud not be the whole "being gay is wrong" stuff it should be the good lessons like being kind etc
NathanJesseMcCarthy 7 months ago
Everybody says religion is gone from TV, i don't think that's true...the german public TV station (ARD) has got a tv show with nuns and it's one of the most popular shows they have
Tpal91 7 months ago
It was far more civilized time.
wavertree558 7 months ago
Dorothy is a class act along with the other panel members.
jvolstad 9 months ago
Was Dorothy a religious lady?
jvolstad 9 months ago
@jvolstad She was Roman Catholic.
13AJA13 8 months ago 2
Ms. Francis is hilarious. Her line was even funnier than usual, because everyone knew that Bishop Sheen's true sponsor was God. That's a pretty good sponsor to have.
Archangel101576 9 months ago
JMJ
JenniferPvlsh 10 months ago
@JenniferPvlsh It was how we used to head our papers in Catholic school. Jesus Mary Joseph. Prior to Vatican II it was AGDM Ad Glorium Dei Majorum (For the greater glory of God.) :)
SockBoy65 8 months ago
Bishop Sheen was the man. Even those who weren't Catholic tuned in weekly for his show. He was just a warm hearted soul who wasn't afraid to speak the truth.
jmkeller 10 months ago
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noahthemango 10 months ago
Fulton Sheen was a class act.
KnightOwl2006 11 months ago
Why all these answers in French?
MessyJatador 11 months ago
@MessyJatador It's a ploy to throw off the people trying to guess his identity. The guest would frequently make up accents and the like to make it more difficult to guess who they were.
marcelagae 10 months ago
@MessyJatador Because he was so well known and he was trying to disguise his identity.
omgbygollywow 10 months ago
@MessyJatador Bishop Sheen was fluent in French and loved everything French. He was a francophile.
mbazikos1 8 months ago 2
I love how at the end, the host turned over all the cards anyways and gave Bishop Sheen the full prize anyway. No one would do that today. Then Bishop Sheen told him to give it to leper colonies.
farmer88 11 months ago 4
This guy deserves to be on tv. Not all these people that we have today.
greenpatrick125 1 year ago 2
@greenpatrick125 Amen. And this is in a country that to this day is very anti-Catholic.
God bless ya, Bishop Sheen.
GenghisKhan44 11 months ago 4
Back when Catholic preist received their due respect. Those days are gone.
catholicarchangel 1 year ago 11
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@catholicarchangel Well, it's hard to respect a bunch of child molesters who prey on their altar boys, or those in powerful administrative positions within the Vatican who support/enable that sort of behavior.
stickstr8up 1 year ago
@stickstr8up Funny a lot of teachers, scout leaders, doctors, poloticians, and above all many parents have done the same thing. Yet they don't appear on tv as much as priest who are accused of the the crime. Less than 2% of the priest in this world have been accused of this crime, child abuse happens most with parents, so does this mean all parents child molestors? Mistakes happen by incompetend people and there is no excuse, but you can't bunch all priest together for the crimes of very few.
catholicarchangel 1 year ago 3
@stickstr8up BTW there are no documentations or has anyone ever been found guilty of supporting these crimes, in fact many have denounced it and the Church has apologized several times. Before you go off trying to accuse people/institutions please do your research because you sound very ignorant. Studies show children are highest of risk of molestation in school and in their own homes, how sad indeed.
catholicarchangel 1 year ago 3
@stickstr8up well i am sure there are child molesters and criminals around you were you live. Does that mean that you are one of them? I hope not for everyone's sake. In the same way you cannot put all people in the same category as a child molester. So 1 bad apple should not be a representative of the other 99. Use your head.
calihartley2010 10 months ago
@catholicarchangel I honor your respect for things holy, but Catholic priests don't deserve any respect because they are part of an organization that has done nothing but massive harm to human society. They are directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of nearly 50 million people, have abused thousands upon thousands of children over the past 500 years, have altered the course of nations by the whim of immoral Popes, and Sheen himself was a particularly dreadful and frightening fellow.
TheTubePortal 3 months ago
@TheTubePortal It is a complete falsehood to assert that the Church has not been a force for any good in human history. Just look at the lives of people like Thomas Aqunias, Augustine of Hippo or Francis of Asissi those three men alone show what a great force for good the Church can be and has been in the world. The Catholic church is responsible for over 10 million deaths, but most of those occurred between 1096 to 1270 during the Crusades which were launched in response to the..
godriczimmerman 2 months ago
..Muslim attack upon the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire. Have you given any thought to how many lives the Church has been responsible for saving or in your contempt for Catholic priests whether you know the names of those priests who gave their lives to save jewish prisioners during WW2. It's also a lie that the for the past 500 years the Catholic Church has been involved in the abuse of children though i don't deny the terrible suffering many children have suffered in the last 80 years.
godriczimmerman 2 months ago
@godriczimmerman 500+ years of sexual abuse by Catholic priests is not a lie. It's well documented as early as the 1520s in some of the first Protestant criticisms of the RC Church. It also appears in many books since then, many from Ireland. Although certain priests may have given themselves for others there are also those who murdered under Church authority, like the Inquisitions, Ustachi, and the Nazis. The largest number of deaths have been since 1800. The RCC is an evil institution.
TheTubePortal 2 months ago
@TheTubePortal Sexual abuse cases by Catholic priests as early as the 1520s are not "well documented", in fact, as far as i can see their completely non existent, you must have access to information i don't. You admit that Catholic priests have "given themselves for others" (well, thats a start i suppose) though some "murdered under Church authority, like the Inquisitions, Ustachi, and the Nazis" the Ustachi, and the Nazis? lol. Now i know where you've gotten your 50 million figure from..
godriczimmerman 2 months ago
@godriczimmerman No need for sarcasm. I'm willing to debate you on this, but only if it remains polite. I have researched this topic extensively so much so that it is being prepared for a book. The first person to suggest that the Church was responsible for millions of deaths was a letter by an unnamed Catholic priest quoted in a book written by Cardinal Bellarmino who agreed with it. Sexual abuse is recorded in Protestant pamphlets in the 1520s in German and Italian.
TheTubePortal 2 months ago
@TheTubePortal Well, i'm not really willing to debate you on this, you sound like nothing but an Anti Catholic bigot to me. You've researched the topic extensively, yet can only give me one vague example of abuse claims before the 20th century, a Protestant pamphlet in the 1520s which i can't get any reference on and an unnamed Catholic priest claiming the Church was responsible for millions of deaths at an unknown date. I'd be happy to see the new evidence you have that Pius XII supported..
godriczimmerman 2 months ago
@godriczimmerman I am not a bigot, I'm an historian. "A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from their own or intolerant of people of different political views, ethnicity, race, class, religion, profession, sexuality or gender." Facts are facts. Just because they make the Church look bad doesn't invalidate them. It's really unfortunate to say, but as you are unwilling to consider the reality of these issues that could indicate you may be bigoted here.
TheTubePortal 2 months ago
....and helped fund Hitler because i just don't believe it. By the way, theres nothing unbiblical about the traditions or dogmas of the church, but i know that's a completely different argument altogether.
godriczimmerman 2 months ago
@godriczimmerman If you want details, names of people, books, chapter, page number tell me and I'll send them to you in your inbox. As for doctrine, dogma, tradition, et.al. they were inventions. The views and practices of the Christian churches until Niceae are vastly different from later doctrine and practices. They did not believe in an immaculate Mary, Hellfire, were not trinitarian, and did not believe in a Pope. You surely know this from history? Have you ever read unbiased history?
TheTubePortal 2 months ago
@TheTubePortal Actually you bring yourself into complete error when you begin referring to some sort of 'unified' set of beliefs that the early Churches held. In fact, aside from the foundational beliefs of Christianity, practices and nuanced ideas were really extremely varied. There were multiple extraneous texts, and thus notions on Christianity.
All that was done was for all to be examined and the best, most substantial positions upheld and promoted.
MrWildbill20056 1 month ago
@MrWildbill20056 I'm speaking about it within the context of existing creeds and domata, nearly all of which were formulated or inspired by the Roman Catholic Church. Of course there were varied views on issues, which is what made the early church vibrant. However, when it comes to the core doctrines there was great unanimity during the first two centuries. This is well established in existing writings. I'm not referring to "heretical" groups like Montanists or Gnostics.
TheTubePortal 1 month ago
@TheTubePortal Considering that the Catholic Church is the direct descendent of the early Church fathers, then of course nearly all beliefs/ideas have been held or developed therein.
However let's take the Trinity. Ignatius in 110 affirmed this belief. Justyn the Martyr in 130.
Iraneus, 145 years prior to Nicaea, when writing 'against Herecies' specifically presented Trinitarian belief as the standard, and others as Herecy.
Not new at all :)
MrWildbill20056 1 month ago
@MrWildbill20056 If you're unwilling to consider facts of history, but merely playing apologist then there's no point in continuing the discussion because it's based on your faith, not facts. The three you refer to did not affirm the Trinity as later defined (three, co-equal, homoousios), they merely used the verbal formula of father/son/spirit. The earliest was Tertullian in the 3rd century. The doctrine was not fully defined until the Third Synod of Toledo in 589 AD.
TheTubePortal 1 month ago
@TheTubePortal You really aren't making a case. You concede that early church fathers acknowledged this concept of distinct personalities.
When it comes to Irenaeus, you are simply wrong. He wrote explicitly on the definitions of God the father, God the son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Athenagoras a somewhat contempory wrote explicitly on the Trinitarian concept.
There was nothing new about this idea come Nicaea, which acted purely to clarify.
MrWildbill20056 1 month ago
...your so completely ignorant of actual history as to claim the Church is responsible for the atrocities of fascism.The Church was not an friend to Nazi Germany, thousands of Catholics priests were murdered, while 5 million Polish Catholics died in Nazi concentration camps. Pope Pius XII was responsible for saving over 700,000 Jews during the war. The largest number of deaths have been since 1800? Eh well, of course it is if you want to just randomly throw in the victims of fascism.
godriczimmerman 2 months ago
@godriczimmerman I've researched Church history in the minutest detail and can cite chapter and verse of facts to you if you require it. Although it still remains a controversial matter, there is much evidence to show that Pope Pius XII not only supported Hitler but helped fund him. The Church, as always, played both ends against the middle supporting both sides but then standing by the winner at the end to control propaganda. Rome had its fingers all through fascist Italy, Spain and Germany.
TheTubePortal 2 months ago
@catholicarchangel Thanks be to God! The RC Church has blasphemed God by inventing unBiblical doctrines, dogmas, creeds, and traditions; has murdered millions supposedly in God's name, and harmed countless others through sexual abuse, political intrigues, hypocrisy and chicanery. This is the main reason many turn from the Church, and why many turn from Christianity. The worst examples for the world are not unbelievers, but those claiming the name of Christ, both Protestant and Catholic.
TheTubePortal 2 months ago
Notice how the WOMEN stand to meet him.
bjb29407 1 year ago
Dorothy kissed his hand.
sergioalpert66 1 year ago
@sergioalpert66
His rinf, actually -- his episcopal ring.
Toral3533 1 year ago
@sergioalpert66
His ring, actually -- his episcopal ring.
Toral3533 1 year ago
@sergioalpert66 She must have been Catholic because we tend to do that when we meet bishops, archbishops and, if you are lucky, the Pope.
GAP4EVER 9 months ago
A charming, handsome and Brilliant man-also Holy.
chaseyl1 1 year ago 5
Sheen was on televisoin at least until the late 1960's. I liked him a lot at the time although I don't know how he'd strike me now, since I'm lapsed. He made you feel good about yourself rather than make you feel guilty and sinful.
There's no one like him anymore. The nun they have on the Catholic tv network now makes me cringe even more than the televangelists.
melora72 1 year ago
@melora72 Mother Angelica? Heh. No blame there. =P
But this Bishop Sheen fellow... wow. We have got to get another guy like him on television! Somehow!
GenghisKhan44 1 year ago
@GenghisKhan44
Personally I always like Father George W Rutler, whose low-key delivery and wide-ranging mind never failed to hold my attention. He was a gentle and proper antithesis to the lively Bishop. Too bad he's not on EWTN these days.
MsPandaRosa 6 months ago
@melora72 There's actually quite a few that you might find refreshing... for instance, look up Fr. John Corapi and Fr. John Riccardo
Murlocsftw1 1 year ago
@Murlocsftw1 sorry but corapi is a bigot of the first order, and he sir, is no sheen.
the other guy i don't know, but if he preaches anything like the self-rightious corapi, he too does not teach the true spirit of christ.
sheen used common sense and did not try to alienate, spread ignorance, nor did he promote intolerance riddled with hate.
wntoply6 7 months ago
@melora72
He died in 1979 and his last TV appearance had to be within the last few months of his life. He was doing what he did right up to the end.
gamewizard 1 year ago
@melora72 Really? Mother Angelica?....but just to let you know, you can watch old episodes of Bishop Sheen on EWTN if you like....they are pretty good! I believe the show is called "Life is Worth Living".
JenniferPvlsh 10 months ago
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cobalt100 1 year ago
@cobalt100
I guess you think we should get some Muslim Away while we're at it because everyone knows they're ALL terrorists, right?
gamewizard 1 year ago
@gamewizard Also. lose the Jews.
cobalt100 1 year ago
@cobalt100 You sir are a fool. Never trust you.
calihartley2010 5 months ago
I just love Archbishop Sheen! What a wonderful and devout Christian! I agree with the comments about how wonderful to see everyone so enthused about a Catholic Bishop! The man was a Saint! God bless and R.I.P., Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen!
islandboystsimons 1 year ago 3
I was born in 1959, and I watched "What's My Line" as a kid. One thing these old videos bring back: those blindfolds used to kind of creep me out -- especially the women's. They really are kind of grotesque, aren't they? (The blindfolds I mean, not the women.) Dorothy's were often particularly bizarre.
racookster 1 year ago
One of America's (and the world's) most respected clergymen, Bishop Sheen had a straight-on manner os speaking, leavened with gentle humor, that brought him respect from Catholics and non-Catholics alike. A kidding rivalry with Milton Berle onscreen (their shows were on opposite each other during the 50's) was the outward sign of a close friendship offscreen.
One of our great clergymen AND great Americans.
librarybob1958 1 year ago 3
See how Dorothy genuflects and kisses the Archbishop's ring? So lovely... Where has the world gone?
neborac 1 year ago 36
@neborac Amen! I wish we could get back to that kind of reverence for the Church (and Christianity in general)! God bless!
islandboystsimons 1 year ago 3
@islandboystsimons that would be up to the church, would't it! i mean the laity didn't turn away or lose respect out of the blue.
education & communication in the 20th century empowered humanity to think, use their brains, then decide what has true merit. however, the church, in it's effort to retain power & money continued to use baseless fear. it gambled & lost.
should the church decide to use truth with spirituality it might reverse it's decline, not before! but don't hold your breath!
wntoply6 7 months ago
@neborac The world sucks today. I sometimes wish I lived in the 1950's.
jvolstad 9 months ago 10
@jvolstad In all honesty, if you were not white and male, the 1950's sucked pretty good. No equal rights for anybody. I will take today's world, then the narrow mindedness of the 1950's. These shows are great, but clearly minorities were not equally represented.
thesocialpet 3 weeks ago
@neborac The Third World War - that is, the Second Vatican Council - caused horrid carnage. Search, via google, for this list on amazon:
Understand the Conciliar Nightmare
Read the books on that list.
Jitpring 3 months ago
According to Dollar Times inflation calculator, that $50. today would be worth 367.50. That's not a whole lot, but if you consider that the minimum wage was $1.00/hr in 1960, then that would represent over 9 weeks' salary at 40 hours per week. So let's say somebody makes $320. per week today (about minimum wage), that would be $2,880. in prize money. Nothing to get ecstatic over, but not bad for a few game show minutes.
OutaSynch 1 year ago 2
Oh my goodness. I want to cry that my kids did not live in these days when this kind of respect for a Catholic Bishop was rendered. I just took it for granted. This world now is too removed. Let us pray to God Almighty that we return to this!
radconserv86 1 year ago 3
@radconserv86 Amen!
islandboystsimons 1 year ago
@jlya2012 you are dead right about it.
lidiabonini 1 year ago 2
Wonderful intelligent man and always willing to be playful and I'm an agnostic with atheistic overtones and a big fan of the Bishop! There's room for everybody.
mxylpx 1 year ago 5
If you noticed the lady last in line kissed Bishop Sheen's ring in respect of his person and office.
mmaghola 1 year ago 6
@mmaghola
That lady was Dorothy Kilgallen, a devout Roman Catholic.
Toral3533 1 year ago 9
@Toral3533 Devout to the point of publicly admitting her faith, ON CAMERA, in front of millions of viewers back home (not to mention the cheering studio audience) - such a beautifully serene declaration amidst the jubilant applause!
mrplatink 1 year ago 6
Classy. He was a good sport coming out.. and wanting the money to go to leper colonies was understated and gracious. No big to-do about presenting someone of the cloth, too!
klickenpod 1 year ago 5
Weekly on television and non-profit?!?
goldenthroat86 1 year ago
One of the most interesting and underrated TV stars of the 1950s.
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago 3
@MattTheSaiyan This is so strange for me. I was born in '60 and I don't remember anything other than Billy Graham as far as religious programming. Oh, I wish we could go back to that. Let us hope to God that we do!!!!!!
radconserv86 1 year ago
Wow, even on "What's My Line", his angel still wipes clean the blackboard... ;-)
tyldic 1 year ago 7
This is fantastic. Thanks so much for uploading it. What a presence Bishop Sheen had. Brilliant man, fantastic speaker, and such a powerful yet gentle soul. I watch him on EWTN all the time.
MilkyLicker3587 1 year ago 4
Oh, for those days when society sought to be on friendly terms with the church, instead of trying to dismantle it.
The humor's better too. No cursing, no profanity or vulgarity of any sort. I think I could subsist forever on programs of this stripe.
mytruepower2 1 year ago 3
@mytruepower2 You've got to be kidding. Nobody's trying to dimantle the church. To the contrary, evangelicals are busy trying to insert themselves and their ideology into every aspect of public life, school teaching, politics and law. You can do what you please in your church - just don't push it on me.
Bigwave2003 1 year ago
@Bigwave2003
Well, here's how I see it. If you want to argue with me, or if you want me to expand on what I said, you're going about it the wrong way. On the other hand, if what you want is just to carp about religion, then why bother replying to me at all? You don't need my permission.
mytruepower2 1 year ago
@mytruepower2 The point is I will not let your absurd statement that "society is trying to dismantle religion" today go unchallenge. It is sheer and utter nonsense that you try to slip through as a matter-of-fact comment.
Bigwave2003 1 year ago
@Bigwave2003
To challenge something is to look it square in the face with courage and attempt to establish its falsehood through critical analysis, not simply to get riled by it. If you really want to talk about this, I'm willing to, but if you don't really want to examine my claim, you can't possibly challenge it.
mytruepower2 1 year ago
@Bigwave2003
I do agree with you on the overzealous ambitions of today's evangelicals. But ah, how could one pick apart the quiet grace of good Bishop Sheen?
PandaMishima 1 year ago 3
Everyone back then was a class act! The humor was more robust and was had by all at nobody's expense.
ominoreg 1 year ago 4
"Weekly on television and NON profit?" God I love Arlene!
xenafan234 1 year ago 4
This is to my recollection the only instance where I've seen the women panelists stand to shake hands to the guest. It took a bishop to make them rise. Boy, times certainly have changed!
wondermusic63 1 year ago
@wondermusic63: Actually there were a couple more I found where the lady panelists stood. One was Mrs. Roosevelt, and the other was a nun who was a dentist.
Joemurph10 1 year ago
@wondermusic63 Oh and I almost forgot, Dorothy Kilgallen's father
Joemurph10 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me what the JMJ is that he always writes on the chalkboard ??
41057 1 year ago
Jesus Mary Joseph This was also adopted by the Catholic School Curriculum. It was written on the top of all homework and essays by students.
GodsCountryNetwork 1 year ago
JMJ stood for Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. It was his habit to write those letters above his name.
wheresmylife 1 year ago
@41057 Jesus, Mary , and Joseph
jpw86 1 year ago
@41057 Jesus Mary and Joseph
kungpw27 1 year ago
Joy and Laughter are marks of a true disciple! We do have saints, like Bishop Fulton Sheen in America!
Change012409 1 year ago 7
Did they say non-profit or non-prophet?
mizbootie 1 year ago
"oh boy have you got a crazy sponsor."
I bet Christ himself was laughing after she said that. RIP Bishop Sheen
ELBoxxerDave 2 years ago 9
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Looks to me like 'his ring' has been kissed once too often, judging by the way he's squirming around in that chair!
joetheli0n 2 years ago
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dimstar4now 2 years ago
@dimstar4now what happned to your judgement day? did you die?
wntoply6 7 months ago
@wntoply6
I don't think I died, but then maybe I just wasn't paying attention. Dang, I hate forgetting little things like that, losing my keys, running out of milk, dying, it just ruins my whole day.
MsPandaRosa 6 months ago
@MsPandaRosa just as i thought, another self serving crazy "christian" who hasn't the damned sense to come in out of the rain trying to tell others what god has in store for them!
best you and others like you do the right thing, and keep your stupidity to yourselves. you do no one including your made up religion any service by constantly lying about things you know NOTHING about!
you're an ignorant fool and it shows!
wntoply6 6 months ago
@wntoply6
And you have nothing better to do than go around wagging your finger in my face? Takes a fool to know a fool.
And what if I like standing in the rain?
No doubt Jews, Buddhists and Pagans offend you as well.
So Judgment Day was a bust; I wasn't making plans about it either way. Same for the upcoming one in October.
MsPandaRosa 6 months ago
@MsPandaRosa i delight in pointing out ignorance, particularly of your type. it helps to embolden others who've had to endure YOUR finger wagging at them all their innocent lives. got it?
as for other faiths, don't go around assuming, as you usually do! i'm quite sure you've been made an ass a number of times with that "holier than thou" attitude, no doubt!
ignorant, intolerant, bigoted "christians" like you make me & many others sick & tired of your god damned bullshit lies!
wntoply6 6 months ago
@wntoply6
I admit we Xians have a lot to answer for, but there is nothing gained by jeering at those with genuine faith, who really try to do right more than just saying who is wrong. The Xian Church did more than just persecute, if you look it up.
There's a rising tide of militant atheists who sound distressingly close to the Westboro wingnuts. You win no converts just by telling people they are stupid.
God bless Fulton Sheen.
MsPandaRosa 6 months ago
@MsPandaRosa "genuine faith" as you call it has maintained a blind eye to the evils of the church. "genuine faith" has enabled the church to continue to commit human atrocities against much of mankind.
does your "genuine faith" allow you during a homily to stand up in protest when a priest lies? does it even let you take a priest aside, in private, to question his lack of truth? did it deny, as did my father, of the ramped child abuse in your church?
your "genuine faith" disgusts me!
wntoply6 6 months ago
@wntoply6
I wish I were a Catholic. What you describe is not faith; there is a difference between a person's beliefs and the corruption that infests too many institutions. Priests are not the only ones who commit such crimes. If you suffered you have my honest sympathy, but that alone is not enough for me to doubt God.
Nor are you alone in your disgust. There's not a few Xians who'd agree with you about the Church, Martin Luther for starts.
God Bless Fulton Sheen.
MsPandaRosa 6 months ago
@MsPandaRosa i've not suffered at all at the hands of the catholic church. i never gave them that pleasure. as a mere child i realized i just didn't believe any of the crap they sent my way. my lack of belief was not because i had struggles, i just didn't believe!
in light of the shit that's recently taken place with fundamentalists it's my duty to let others know they need not be intimidated by catholicism or other denominations because of their ignorance, intolerance, hate & fear! mongering!
wntoply6 6 months ago
@wntoply6
So glad you didn't suffer.
I'll agree with you in every point but one about fundies and the crap they push; they use their faith like a club to intimidate. The Church does need to look at itself.
What you believe is your own business, and a true Xian knows to leave it alone.
That said, 99.99% of all Xians would agree with you about the so-called Judgment Day (and how it's been rescheduled), would have a good laugh over the absurdity of it all. These days we can all use that.
MsPandaRosa 6 months ago
@MsPandaRosa your "genuine faith" is an excuse to continue to shield the church from the hate it spreads, the ignorance you embrace, the intolerance you practice & the bigotry you endorse! your "genuine faith" comes solely from fear mongering YOU & others like you allow the church to continually perpetrate!
exactly what is it that you're afraid of if you question the very principles the church built it's empire on? don't you think if there is a god, he himself is disgusted with the "church"?
wntoply6 6 months ago
I think the most interesting thing about this is that network television had no problem presenting religion at the time, even in it's drama shows. Additionally, many of the weekly music programs -- of which there are NONE today -- ended with religious music. Yes, it was a simpler time.
hourlynewscaster 2 years ago 40
@hourlynewscaster I agree. The left wing brainwashing has kicked in and anything Christian is considered taboo in the public square.
KnightOwl2006 1 year ago 2
@hourlynewscaster not a simpler time, a more decent time.
loggats 8 months ago
At least Dorothy Kilgallen knows how to greet a bishop.
Juxtatype 2 years ago 8
she was always the classiest one
Shanniquitie 2 years ago 8
It's likely she was the only Catholic on the panel; it wouldn't be appropriate for a non-Catholic to kiss his ring.
ameroux 2 years ago
@Juxtatype she was Catholic
HowardOfOz3565 1 year ago
I noticed he is wearing pants and a suit....What year is this from?
DortAmKlavier 2 years ago
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MrWilliamtom 2 years ago
All the traditional Catholic priests and bishops wear cassocks all the time. I once went skating with a traditional priest and he wore his cassock even to go ice skating! It is not traditional for a priest to wear a pants suit. Not at all.
DortAmKlavier 2 years ago
@DortAmKlavier
I'd like to have seen your priest zipping across the ice in full-skirted black cassock. Be rather enchanting.
PandaMishima 2 years ago
Not necessarily silly MrWilliamton, considering that on TV he wore a cassock and this is our memory of his garb in the public eye, at least on T.V.
A priest in my parish is in his 40's and he wears a cassock quite often, mostly in the summer tho, lol.
Minxcomix 2 years ago
What Bishop Sheen is wearing is a clerical Suit. It is called "clerics"A shirt with a Roman Collar worn with black jacket and trousers. It was common for Catholic priests to wear clerics in non- liturgical occsions such as travelling. This ir probably from the late 195o's or early '60's.
Eddiefutz 2 years ago 2
There's no blood connection between Archbishop Sheen and Martin Sheen. Martin Sheen was born Ramon Estevez, and chose his stage name as a tribute to Sheen.
IMJaybo 2 years ago 2
@IMJaybo martin Sheen is a shame. he uses the good Bishop's name but supports sin by supporting gay marriage and liberalism.
calihartley2010 5 months ago
Hows the humility of Dorothy,,may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of GOD rest in peace,Amen
NightWatchman55 2 years ago 3
'oh boy have you got a crazy sponsor.'
best line ever.
evfich 2 years ago 55
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It is really nice to see Charlie Sheen's Grandfather
(joke)
rentatrip1 2 years ago
Wonder if they really are related? the good Bishop did have 3 brothers.
PandaMishima 2 years ago
Are you a candidate for canonization?
RestorationistNews 2 years ago 2
Yes, I did make agenerlaization in my original comments. Most folks express beliefs in general terms when they know that there can be exceptions to everything. This was certainly the case for me, but I stand firm when I say that there are MANY Christians out there who bring shame and disgust on what being a true Christian should be....I was just a kid when Fulton Sheen died, but i find him to be such an amazing human being from looking back at his life from what was preserved on film.
tcbluecollarguy1 2 years ago 4
You say...."back in the good old days when the air in America was Christian"......is there something wrong with having the air being something else today? I've seen enough of how Christians are in this country, especially in the area of political influence over the last 25 years and it's utterly sickening! Lord Jesus, protect me from your crazy followers!!!!
tcbluecollarguy1 2 years ago
do you mean Christians like Dinesh D'Souza and Billy Graham?
PhredFelps 2 years ago
I do not have a problem with Billy Graham, in fact I find him to be an honorable man. He did get caught on tape with Richard Nixon making disparaging comments about Jews, for which he admitted embarrassment and did apologize for them. I know nothing about who Dinesh D'Souza is, so I cannot comment. My utter disgust is with people like James Dobson, Fred Phelps, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and other associated dirtbags like those men!
tcbluecollarguy1 2 years ago 4
well, in your previous comment, you referred to ALL Christians, period.
PhredFelps 2 years ago
I am proud to be a citizen of a free nation which "for now" still allows men such as [dirtbags] as you call them - a nation which allows men to speak as they wish- including you - My humble prayer is that Jesus would have the focus not a Bishop or a Bible thumper or a mega- hypno-crusader ... when ones eyes are distracted from the Lord- one may be in darkness- and that goes for "all" religions ....or sects...or labels....let us focus on the MAN...not the followers...
rentatrip1 2 years ago
You have a right to your Opinion and I do, mine. It is best not to put all "Christian Faith" or any faith or philosophy in the same camp with others who claim to be of the same cloth; they are not.
Names like Dobson, Falwell, etc. simply do not play in the same league as Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. He was so honourable and powerful and dignified. He was trained in an entirely different level of Theology, and I absolutely respect and treasure his faith and wisdom, which is a universal message.
poitrenaud 2 years ago 7
That's way back when ABC was a decent network and TV in general was fair and unbiased. Good old days when the air in America was Christian.
1tontomato 2 years ago 2
At 3:23 , you see Dorothy with her patented hands together pose that shows the guest is someone she especially adores.
perlster 2 years ago 2