7-473: The Catholic Press was a Sydney-based newspaper that was first published on 9 November 1895 and ran until 26 February 1942, after which it amalgamated with the Catholic Freeman's Journal and was reborn as The Catholic Weekly . Sydney clergy had heeded the urgings of Pope Leo XIII , who called for Catholic newspapers to "counteract the appalling efforts of torrents of infidel filth that deluge
14-628: The New Zealand Tablet and a journalist in New Zealand for 20 years. John Tighe Ryan was the editor from 1897. The Catholic Press and Australian Workers' Union newspaper The Worker were the only two newspapers in Australia to oppose conscription in 1916-17, and also supported home rule for Ireland after 1916. Ryan's editorial stance against conscription was contrary to the views of Michael Kelly , Archbishop of Sydney , yet
21-899: The Freeman's Journal to become the Catholic Weekly . The newspaper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program , a project hosted by the National Library of Australia . The Catholic Weekly The Catholic Weekly is an English language newspaper currently published in Sydney, Australia . It is published in tabloid format. Throughout its history, it has also been published as The Freeman's Journal and Catholic Freeman's Journal . The paper's history can be traced back to 27 June 1850 when it
28-517: The homes of our people, that desecrate the sacred sanctuary of family life, that poison the fountain-springs of society", and sought to establish a second Catholic newspaper. Initially costing threepence an issue, the newspaper was seen as a cheaper alternative to The Freeman’s Journal , which cost sixpence. Fr. Bunbury was the interim editor until first appointed editor, John F. Perrin, arrived from New Zealand in December 1895. Perrin had been editor of
35-527: The newspaper printed many of Kelly's sermons supporting conscription and the war. The paper's circulation in 1917 was double that of 1916 and Ryan remained editor until he died in 1922. Archbishop Kelly and his successor Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy preferred there to be only one Catholic newspaper in Sydney and so, in 1942, the Catholic Press was amalgamated, after almost 50 years' publication, with
42-686: Was moved to Lang Street, and in 1925, to the Hibernian Building, Elizabeth Street. In 1932 its name changed to Catholic Freeman's Journal . In 1942, the Catholic Freeman's Journal merged with another Catholic paper, The Catholic Press , and became The Catholic Weekly which it remains today. The Freeman's Journal was a general newspaper with a focus on Catholic and Irish affairs with an Australian outlook. The paper also campaigned for Catholic education in Australia . It often maintained an independent line, not controlled by
49-538: Was named The Freeman's Journal , under the influence of editor and later-archdeacon John McEncroe (1794–1868). Printer and publisher Jeremiah Moore went onto running a successful bookstore. John Francis Blakeney (–1914) was one of its principal editors, commencing as an apprentice in 1867. The managing director until 1919 was Mr J. H. de Courcy, having started in the printing section of the paper about 1865. Initially based in George Street, Sydney, by May 1886
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