Stanne, I read this morning that Bishop Sheen requested buriel in NYC, which remains supported by his family. Reportedly, the Archdiocese of NY would be responding shortly, but I haven’t heard if this has occurred yet.
I can’t imagine why the permission was revoked after agreements were said to be arranged, but now have changed without public explanation. It was speculated that that the family, or possibly the Archdiocese of NY, did not want to lose Bishop Sheen permanently to the official Peoria shrine in his name, considering his last wishes.
Also, Rome is quoted as saying this affair is a “temporary suspension”.
Not having read it, I would say that it was temporary and put out as a news item for effect.
Archbishop Dolan has some ideas that... well leave one to pray
but not this, I wouldn’t think.
I am from there, and my old aunts would talk about not only how the Irish women built St. Pats, meaning it was their impression that they raised the revenue and the motivation to get it done, but also that The Holy Archbishop Sheen’s voice on TV was very inspiring.
I went through St Pats fairly recently on a trip home and spent some time after Mass on a weekday. Honestly, it took an hour.
I went around and there, amidst the great shrines of St Therese, and such icons, was a gold plaque on the inside rail - Fulton J. Sheen.
Whoah. He was buried there, right under us in the crypt. What and honor for him, his family, but also the Cathedral and her denizens.
I am quite sure archbishop Dolan won’t let it go without certainty that it will return.
Perhaps that’s what it is about, and if so, it will all work out.