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The first episode of this two-part ‘Saints vs. Scoundrels’ airs Sunday, Sept. 8, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern.
Saul Alinsky (l) speaks on Aug. 2, 1963, and Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen works from his desk on Oct. 23, 1956. (photo: Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0/Public Domain)
One wrote a manifesto called Rules for Radicals. The other wrote titles such as Seven Pillars of Peace, The Divine Romance and Freedom Under God. Both were natives of Illinois. Both shaped generations with their diverging philosophies.
Beginning this weekend, both will square off on EWTN’s Saints vs. Scoundrels.
One is the self-professed radical Saul Alinsky (1909-1972), whose political theories inspired such leaders as community organizer-turned-president Barack Obama. The other was an Emmy Award-winning bishop whose insights reached millions of homes. His name was Fulton Sheen (1895-1979).
Alinsky is known for the infamous line, “If there is an afterlife, and I have anything to say about it, I will unreservedly choose to go to hell.” Alinsky came from an Orthodox Jewish home but largely considered himself an agnostic in life.
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One wrote a manifesto called Rules for Radicals. The other wrote titles such as Seven Pillars of Peace, The Divine Romance and Freedom Under God. Both were natives of Illinois. Both shaped generations with their diverging philosophies.
Beginning this weekend, both will square off on EWTN’s Saints vs. Scoundrels.
One is the self-professed radical Saul Alinsky (1909-1972), whose political theories inspired such leaders as community organizer-turned-president Barack Obama. The other was an Emmy Award-winning bishop whose insights reached millions of homes. His name was Fulton Sheen (1895-1979).
Alinsky is known for the infamous line, “If there is an afterlife, and I have anything to say about it, I will unreservedly choose to go to hell.” Alinsky came from an Orthodox Jewish home but largely considered himself an agnostic in life.
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Saul Alinsky and Archbishop Sheen Square Off on EWTN
The first episode of this two-part ‘Saints vs. Scoundrels’ airs Sunday, Sept. 8, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern.
