THE DAY FULTON SHEEN'S VOICE ECHOED THROUGHOUT THE VATICAN
By Fr. Casmir Odundo Venerable Fulton Sheen As a historian and researcher of the Vatican II Council, I am always thrilled to study the debates of the Council Fathers. It was such an interesting period, bringing together the most influential figures of the 20th century. Imagine Cardinals: Spellman, Ottaviani, Frings, Bea, Laurent Rugambwa, Suenens, Döpfner, Maurin, König, Archbishop Helder Câmara, Luciani (later Blessed John Paul I,) Montini later (St. Paul VI), Bishop Wojtyla later (St John Paul II), Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI), our very own (later Cardinal) Bishop M. Otunga, Bishop Frederick Hall of Kisumu, Bishop De Reeper of Ngong’, Yves Congar, Henri de Lubac, Álvaro del Portillo, and yes, even Fulton Sheen (to mention but a few) — all under one roof discussing the challenges and potential solutions for the Church in the modern world. It was a council of the ‘who is who’ in the 20th century Church. Having been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of New York on 28th...