🌱 How Dolton figured into Pope Leo XIV’s memories of Fulton Sheen
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- How Dolton figured into Pope Leo XIV’s memories of Fulton Sheen
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• Pope Leo XIV offers ‘personal testimony' of Archbishop Sheen's impact (wmbdradio.com) — Dolton gets a brief but meaningful mention as Pope Leo XIV recalls how Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s TV program once played in his childhood home in the Chicago suburb. The pope has announced Sheen’s beatification for September 24 in St. Louis and praised the late archbishop’s global impact through radio and television evangelization. 
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- Illinois lawmakers send home, auto insurance rate bills to governor (myjournalcourier.com)
Harvey
- Harvey City Council approves solar farm feasibility study (harveyworld.org)
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