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Is communism making a comeback in America? Bishop Barron revives Fulton Sheen’s 1950s, Cold War-era warning as the archbishop is beatified nearly five decades after his death

Over four decades after the death of Fulton J. Sheen, the American archbishop is set to be back in the limelight for reasons outside the Catholic Church.

While Sheen will be beatified at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on Thursday, September 24, in a significant part of the Catholic Church's process towards sainthood, he is also being referenced in a new political debate in America over his vocal stance against communism.

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