“I thank Almighty God that, for the past 42 years, I have been able to serve Jesus and His Church as a priest, and these past dozen years as a bishop," Bishop Byrne said.

Recording of 1977 Lenten Mass at Newark's cathedral captures Sheen's call to unite prayer and action.

Blessed Fulton Sheen's first-class relic arrives at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Thursday afternoon. A Mass will be celebrated at 5 p.m.

“Our Blessed Mother is our model for upholding the sanctity of all human life in every stage and circumstance. We entrust all our efforts to protect mothers and babies to her motherly care, which we greatly need at this time."

St. Mary’s Church in El Paso, where Fulton Sheen was baptized, will be renamed in his honor in December.