The Wanderer (Catholic newspaper)
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2012) |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | The Wanderer Printing Company |
| Founder(s) | Joseph Matt |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Political alignment | Catholic social teaching Traditionalist conservatism |
| Language | English |
| City | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Country | United States |
| ISSN | 1068-168X |
| Website | thewandererpress |
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. It is considered conservative and traditionalist.[1][2][3][4]
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.[5]
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.[5]
The Wanderer was described in America magazine in 2009 as "about as far to the right as you can get and still be in the Catholic Church".[2]
History
The Wanderer says it was a major early opponent of a perceived "Americanizing" of the Church. That tendency was condemned by Pope Leo XIII in his 1899 apostolic letter, Testem benevolentiae nostrae.[5]
According to The Wanderer, 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.[5]
References
- ^ Cuneo 1999.
- ^ a b Winters, Michael Sean (2009-01-06). "The Wanderer & Me". America Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ Goldzwig, Steven R. (December 2002). "Conspiracy rhetoric at the dawn of the new millennium: A response". Western Journal of Communication. 66 (4): 492–506. doi:10.1080/10570310209374751. ISSN 1057-0314.
- ^ Grimes, William (2010-10-02). "Joseph Sobran, Writer Whom Buckley Mentored, Dies at 64". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ^ 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. 1. University of Chicago Press. pp. 122ff.
- Weigel, George (1989). Catholicism and the Renewal of American Democracy. Paulist Press.