Jonathan Ahl

Route 66 — the "Mother Road" that connects Chicago to California and whose creation marked the beginning of the United States' love affair with the cross-country road trip — turns 100 this year. Among the landmarks and highlights in the highway's early ye... See more

Route 66 — the "Mother Road" that connects Chicago to California and whose creation marked the beginning of the United States' love affair with the cross-country road trip — turns 100 this year. Among the landmarks and highlights in the highway's early ye... See more

For the first time, an American born Catholic bishop is one step away from becoming a saint. And tens of thousands of people came to St. Louis to see it happen. The Catholic Church held a beatification Mass for Archbishop Fulton Sheen Thursday at the Dome... See more

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Bishop Fulton Sheen is one step closer to sainthood. Tens of thousands of Catholics are in St. Louis today for his beatification. Sheen, who died in 1979, launched into American living rooms as a TV personality during the 1950s and '60... See more

Bishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified by the Catholic Church in St. Louis on Thursday, moving the television personality from the 1950s one step away from sainthood. Copyright 2026 St. Louis Public Radio Bishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified by the Cathol... See more