The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Archbishop Fulton Sheen captivated millions with his preaching - but what was it that made his own spiritual life so extraordinary? In this episode of the Art of Catholic podcast, Matthew Leonard and Allan Smith explore Sheen's life, teaching, deep interior life, and the habits that helped form one of the most remarkable Catholic voices of the modern age.
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Most Catholics know who Fulton Sheen was.
Or at least they think they do.
The cape. The unmistakable voice. The brilliant teaching. The fearless way he proclaimed the Catholic faith.
But that Emmy Award-winning evangelist was only the Fulton Sheen everyone saw in public.
What was underneath all of that?
What was it about this man that made him truly holy?
What did his life actually look like when the cameras were off?
And what ultimately moved the Church to determine that Fulton Sheen should be beatified?
Those are the questions I wanted to explore in my conversation with my good friend Allan Smith on the latest Art of Catholic podcast.
Allan is on the beatification committee for Archbishop Sheen and has spent more than a decade studying, preserving and promoting Sheen's spiritual legacy. Few people know the man behind the famous television personality quite like he does.
So our conversation gets into some fascinating parts of Sheen's life and spirituality that aren't nearly as well known.
Among the things we discuss:
- The secret to Sheen's supernatural success
- Sheen's favorite saints & spirituality
- Why he so affected even non-Catholics
- His most powerful sermon...and why
- His famous encounter with St. John Paul II
- And much more!
If you want to understand what made Fulton Sheen truly holy - and what made him the kind of man the Church is preparing to beatify - you're going to want to hear this conversation.

Many people have missed a lot of the deeper ideas that Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas on AI is built on. Matthew Leonard and Michael Matheson Miller expose not only those deeper currents, but some of the darker forces which the Holy Father is addressing.
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Covered in this episode:
Why the Pope says technology isn't neutral
Understanding Transhumanism & Posthumanism...and their danger
How our moral progress hasn't matched our technical progress
Why Catholics must reject the "technocratic paradigm" (and what that is)
Why many tech professionals believe death is just a "glitch" to be solved
What to do when we feel helpless in the face of technology
and more!

Wounds are real and need to be dealt with. That said, there's a danger.
Matthew Leonard and Michael Matheson Miller discuss how people in the modern therapeutic culture of "healing" sometimes forget the most important thing and get stuck in their past and present issues.
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Do you have loved ones who have left the Faith, but feel powerless as to how to get them back into the Catholic Church?
Matthew Leonard has a powerful plan of action to help bring them back. It's not going to be easy - but it's very effective. 
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In this episode of the Art of Catholic Podcast, Matthew Leonard sits down with Catholic Scripture scholar Curtis Mitch to unpack the doctrine of original sin and what actually happened in the Garden of Eden. They explore the biblical account of Adam and Eve, what the Church really teaches about the Fall, and how original sin affects every human person today.
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It's such a simple, familiar story.
The creation of man, the Garden of Eden...and of course, the fall of Adam and Eve.
But what really happened in the Garden?
If Adam was created with a bunch of special gifts, not to mention serious amounts of grace, why did he fall?
Not only that, but why do we have to suffer the consequences of his mistake?
These are big questions because if you don't understand what happened in the beginning, it can seriously mess up your understanding of what we're dealing with right now...not to mention how we're saved from it all.
That's why I invited my good friend, Catholic Scripture scholar extraordinaire Curtis Mitch, back to the Art of Catholic podcast.
In today's episode, we unpack the real doctrine of original sin, discuss what actually happened in the Garden of Eden, and dive into all the ways this simple story affects our ultimate destiny as members of God's family.
My conversation with Curtis explores questions such as:
- What gifts did Adam actually possess in the Garden?
- If he had no inclination to sin, how did Adam fall?
- Why did God allow him to fall?
- Why Original Sin isn't actually the sin of Adam
- If we didn't do it, why do we have to suffer the effects of Adam's fall?
- How Christ gives us more than Adam had
- And a whole lot more!
This is one of those podcasts you're going to return to because it's so rich!