Fulton J. Sheen, celebrated preacher, teacher, author and bishop, whom Paul Kengor (NCR, Jan. 7) well describes as "extraordinarily popular," a "superb communicator," "extraordinary" and "renowned because he was so gifted," was not without some striking eccentricities, as Thomas.C. Reeves' "superb biography" (2001) reveals, including the creation of an unearned Roman theology doctorate in order to facilitate a promotion at Catholic University.
As one of his presbyterate in ...