Mike Aquilina: The Fulton Sheen Book That Almost Stayed Out of Print (+ more) | The Catholic Morning Show - 09/15/2026

Bo Bonner and Deacon Mark Campbell open Tuesday on the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, with Mass today at 8 a.m. at Saint Patrick's in Melrose (105.3 FM). The hosts also send birthday wishes to Pope Leo XIV, who turned 71 on Monday and spent the day at the Vatican Apostolic Library — opening a new exhibit, ordering an expansion of the Vatican Apostolic Archive and Library, and speaking about libraries as places of relationship and exchange, not just books. Bo notes the personal connection: the Holy Father's mother was a librarian.Author Mike Aquilina joins the show to discuss Ignatius Press's rerelease of Archbishop Fulton Sheen's The Power of Love, for which he wrote the foreword. Mike explains why the book had fallen out of print, how Sheen traces love from the Greek philosophers to Christian charity and then applies it to family life, midlife, and every ordinary circumstance, and why Sheen's chapter on "little things" — including a story about Oscar Wilde and a tipped hat — captures the whole argument. He also shares how Sheen's books catechized him in his twenties, and how a room full of twenty-something archdiocesan employees watching old Sheen episodes over lunch led to the foreword assignment. Find The Power of Love at your local Catholic bookstore or from Ignatius Press. Archbishop Sheen will be beatified Thursday, September 24 at 2 p.m. Central at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presiding — ticket and event details at CelebrateSheen.com.In the show's final segment, Bo and Deacon Mark ask a question Sheen's cause raises for everyone: what does it mean to have watched a saint on television? They talk through how causes for canonization actually work, why Mother Teresa and Pope Saint John Paul II were recognized differently in their lifetimes, whether Mother Angelica or Fr. Mike Schmitz might one day be canonized, and why celebrity culture and permanent public scrutiny make holiness harder, not easier. Bo closes with a curveball: Fred Rogers, a lifelong Presbyterian minister, received Catholic last rites from his close friend Archabbot Douglas Nowicki of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania — the abbey that houses the Fred Rogers archives.Also in this episode: Deacon Mark and Bo swap college football takes after Oklahoma State's upset of No. 6 Oregon and Iowa's 16-13 comeback over Iowa State, with a shoutout to producer Ayden Pugh for watching his first game; and a reminder that the Christ Our Life Catholic Conference brings Bishop Joseph Espaillat and Fr. Robert Spitzer to Des Moines September 26–27 at Casey's Center — details at ChristOurLifeIowa.com.Listen live weekdays at 7 a.m. Central on Iowa Catholic Radio, or catch up anytime at IowaCatholicRadio.com.#CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio #FultonSheen #MikeAquilina #ThePowerOfLove #PopeLeoXIV #OurLadyOfSorrows #IgnatiusPress #CatholicPodcast #CatholicFaith Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh, Alexia Baker, and Brady Grimm. ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.