Sentimental Naturalism Masquerading as Providence: The Fulton Sheen Cult in the Conciliar Sect
The National Catholic Register portal (October 18, 2026) publishes a commentary by Dr. Shane Rainey, a conciliar “pediatrician,” recounting his conversion from Protestantism through the influence of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and attributing the subsequent expansion of his family to the “intercession” of this post-conciliar figure, culminating in a pilgrimage to Sheen’s tomb in Peoria and the naming of a medical practice after the “Blessed” Sheen. The article epitomizes the naturalistic, sentiment-driven piety of the conciliar sect, reducing the supernatural economy of grace to a transactional exchange of temporal favors while ignoring the doctrinal ruin wrought by the very “bishop” it venerates.