God and Intelligence
Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) was born in El Paso, Illinois. He was educated in schools, seminaries and universities in Illinois, Minnesota, Washington, D.C., Belgium and Italy. Following graduate studies at Louvain University in Belgium, he taught in England and later at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. His sermons on the radio program, ""The Catholic Hour"" brought him into national prominence. In 1952 he launched his first television program, ""Life is Worth Living"" which attracted an audience estimated in the millions throughout the world. As National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, he wrote and edited two nationally circulated magazines of the Society, Mission and Worldmission. Archbishop Sheen was the author of more than fifty books and a nationally syndicated newspaper column.