An interesting exchange here between William F. Buckley Jr. and Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen from 1970, where the good Bishop’s answers sound incredibly contemporary and not entirely satisfactory. Almost as if the Church has been in stasis for 50 years.

Even for most modern-day Catholics, this does send a chill through the spine. How can someone deny the divinity of Christ and still be in Communion with the Church?

This is a fraudulent AI recording. At the end of this video, Sheen mentions Pope Francis. Sheen died in 1978 when Paul was Pope and there ever was a Pope Francis

In the absence of durable perspectives, language loses its meaning and reality slips through the mind's grasp. William F. Buckley What a wonderful thing it was to see him regularly on tv. Longest running public affairs show with the same host…

I think we sometimes imagine the Church was much less patient with offenders, historically. Certainly excommunications (even for serial offenders) were on occasion lifted.

Much of Sheens modernist tendencies have sadly gone under the radar for most. I'm not questioning his salvation to be clear.

“Pope Francis”? Who is the target audience here besides dumbasses?

Only five years out, not surprising he was still trying to make sense of it.

“It’s going to take a long time for the yeast to work through the dough.”

Intelligent. Thanks. I think Sheen made a point. If you tale a longer focus you'll note the Church of Jerusalem welcomed into His Kingdom the zany pagans of the world who accepted Christ requiring very few "cultural" adjustments beyond dumping idolatry and immoral sex.

Each man in his own way played a significant part in tearing down the institution they were supposedly advocating on behalf of.

It would be ideal to wait another 100 years before any more canonizations of anyone.

This makes me think MORE highly of Bishop Sheen. This is the most progressive I've ever heard him.

Hopeful, But Naive! Conversion, Not Inclusion!

@grok is this video AI edited?

Why would anyone listen to someone who is celibate?

That is fascinating. It did not age well based on my observations up till now.

This is...not the Fulton Sheen I'm used to.

His answers ARE satisfactory you dolt.

An answer sounding current might just mean the question hasn't moved. Fifty years of people asking the same thing will do that. It's a different finding from nobody having moved.

The wisdom of Tradition, with sacred Time to sift the vagaries and inconsistencies of the human mind, is the beacon in the harbor. When we think we see a new way through, we depend for salvation on the human mind. No shoals for me!