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The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

091: Living with Sheen: A Conversation with the Remarkable Msgr. Hilary Franco

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9831 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Every now and then you meet a person whose life blows your mind. I recently met that guy while in Israel. His name is Msgr. Hilary Franco, a priest of 64 years and unlike anyone you've ever encountered. He's a living treasure-trove of knowledge spanning the last six decades of Church history. But it's his personal history that wows. (You can read all about it in his incredible memoir Bishop Sheen: Mentor and Friend.) What makes his life so special? Only the fact that he lived and worked very closely for years with two of the most incredible Catholics in the history of the modern Church – Pope St. John Paul II and soon-to-be Blessed Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. No joke. And boy, does he have stories. And you're about to hear some of them. For example: How Sheen prepared for his Emmy Award winning television showThe secret identity of the Angel erasing the blackboard on the Life is Worth Living (Sheen's program that had 40 million viewers...a week!)The beautiful encounter between Venerable Fulton Sheen and St. John Paul IISome inside scoop on Vatican II And while he's lived quite the life. Msgr. Franco isn't not done yet! He currently represents the Vatican at the United Nations and is helping promote the Catholic faith around the world. This guy is a total dynamo and you're going to love him. Enjoy! God bless! Matthew P.S. Doors re-open to the world's largest online school of Catholic spirituality at the end of summer 2019! CLICK HERE to check it out and get on the Wait List! (Wait List members are eligible for big Early Bird Discounts!) "If you've ever wanted to deepen your life of prayer and actually make some progress in avoiding vice and growing in virtue, look no further." Dr. Brant Pitre – Renowned theologian & author of Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist

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This is the art of Catholic.

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And he gave some apostles and some prophets and some evangelists and some pastors and

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teachers for the perfecting of his saints, for the work of the ministry,

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for the edifying of the body of Christ.

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That was Ephesians 4, 11, and 12.

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I am Matthew Leonard.

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This is the art of Catholic.

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The podcast dedicated to diving into the truth, beauty, and goodness of the Catholic faith

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and taking your practice of it to the next level. I've got another really interesting show for you guys today that's a little bit different

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from some of the others.

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My guest is one of the most fascinating people I have ever met.

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His name is Montsenior Hilary Franco and this is a man who has been ordained a priest for

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64 years.

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He was a peritone or expert at the Second Vatican Council who translated all the Latin documents

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into English every day for the American bishops of the council whose Latin was a lot like

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mine lacking.

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He currently serves as an advisor to the Holy See mission to the United Nations in New

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York.

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Oh yeah, he's 87 years old.

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He's still going full throttle.

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He is amazing.

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And while his current work is pretty spectacular,

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