The Wanderer (Catholic newspaper)
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2012) |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
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| Owner(s) | The Wanderer Printing Company |
| Language | English |
| City | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Country | United States |
| ISSN | 1068-168X |
| Website | thewandererpress |
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The Wanderer is a lay Roman Catholic weekly newspaper published in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and distributed to a national market. It was founded by Joseph Matt on 7 October 1867. Unlike diocesan publications or those of religious institutes, the newspaper is independent of ecclesiastical oversight.
Overview[]
The Wanderer gives the following self-description:
- The Wanderer, a national Catholic weekly journal of news, commentary, and analysis, has been publishing continually since 1867. Owned and operated by Catholic laymen, The Wanderer is independent of ecclesiastical oversight but maintains a fiercely loyal adherence to Catholic doctrine and discipline.[1]
It was originally published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in German to minister to German immigrants to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas who were being "attracted to and influenced by Masonic and quasi-Masonic German-language newspapers and organizations." A German language edition was published until 1957. The English edition began in 1931.[1]
History[]
The Wanderer claims early on it was a major opponent of a perceived "Americanizing" of the Church. That tendency was addressed by Pope Leo XIII in his 1899 apostolic letter, Testem benevolentiae nostrae.[1]
Through the Vatican II years, a dispute over Vatican II led to Walter Matt leaving The Wanderer to his brother, Alphonse Matt, and founding The Remnant in 1967.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "A Brief History". The Wanderer Press.
Further reading[]
- Cuneo, Michael W. (1999). "The Wanderer and the Politics of Catholic Conservatism". The Smoke of Satan: Conservative and Traditionalist Dissent in Contemporary American Catholicism. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 49ff.
- Hitchcock, James (1994). "Catholic Activist Conservatism in the United States". In Marty, Martin E.; Appleby, R. Scott (eds.). Fundamentalisms Observed. Vol. Volume 1. University of Chicago Press. pp. 122ff.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - Weigel, George (1989). Catholicism and the Renewal of American Democracy. Paulist Press.
External links[]
- Catholic newspapers published in the United States
- Newspapers established in 1867
- Weekly newspapers published in the United States
- 1867 establishments in Minnesota