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Freedom that ignores the transcendent difference between good and evil ends in the denial of freedom itself.

Fulton J. Sheen

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Fulton J. Sheen
Age: 84 †
Born: 1895
Born: May 8
Died: 1979
Died: December 9
Catholic Priest
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El Paso
Illinois
Fulton John Sheen
Peter John Sheen
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
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