The Catholic Times (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-Current
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
586 issues from 1951 to 1962, published in Columbus, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Catholic Times is a currently-published weekly newspaper and the official organ of the diocese of Columbus, a Roman-Catholic district that serves 23 counties in central and south-central Ohio. The paper began in 1875 as the Catholic Columbian, which ran through 1939 with the motto “This is the Victory Which Overcometh the World—Our Faith,” derived from John 5:4. Under the editorial supervision of Bishop Rosecrans, the first bishop of Columbus, the Catholic Columbian established a principled tone to defend Catholic beliefs against secular and Protestant criticisms. Roman Catholics often faced suspicion from their Protestant neighbors, who questioned their loyalty to the United States due to their affiliation with the Pope in Rome. Treated with distrust, and increasingly concerned about secular, consumerist entertainment they deemed incompatible with their values, the Catholic community sought to provide their own source of news and ideological leadership.
The paper published church news and advertisements for household goods and clothing. Parochial news in the form of church calendars, sports updates, and charity events, was often provided after national and international news, which took up the first few pages. The paper also published “reputable” serialized fiction, which was eventually replaced by trivia, and usually included a few single-panel cartoons to comment on whatever the week’s hot topic was. The Catholic Times also published special issues around Christmas,…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress