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Ven. Fulton Sheen

The would-be viral moments of (soon-to-be-Blessed) Archbishop Fulton Sheen

If he could have gone viral, he would have

Jack Figge
Feb 11, 2026
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Back in the 1950s, when somebody said the word viral, they were talking about a disease.

It would be decades before short video clips or edgy tweets could go viral. Which means that media stars living in the before-times never had the chance to go “viral,” or even become a meme.

What's my line - Bishop Fulton J. Sheen ...
Archbishop Fulton Sheen laughs on “What’s My Line.” Credit: public domain.

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