Catholic Newspapers Online
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885 (Newton, Mass.)
1952-1973
http://bit.ly/VmR6qo
The 885 was the student newspaper of Newton College of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic women’s college in operation from 1946 through 1975 when it merged with Boston College. Boston College recognizes the alumna of Newton College of the Sacred Heart and considers these graduates part of the legacy that is the Boston College Alumni.
Arkansas Catholic, formerly The Southern Guardian/The Guardian (Little Rock, AR)
1911 - 1926, 1945 (1927 - 1931 soon to be added)
http://arc.stparchive.com/
The Catholic (Kingston, ON)
1830 – 1844 (missing some issues)
http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04110
The Catholic Commentator - Diocese of Baton Rouge (Louisiana)
The newspaper for the Diocese of Baton Rouge is The Catholic Commentator. The first issue was published February 8, 1963. It was published weekly until March of 1984; since then new issues have been published every other week. Physical copies of the newspaper are held by both the Archives Department and The Catholic Commentator, which are both located in the administration offices of the diocese in Baton Rouge, LA. Digital copies of the Commentator from 2007 forward are available on their website: http://thecatholiccommentator.org.
Catholic Herald (Philadelphia, PA)
1835 - 1848 (digitization is ongoing)
http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Collection/vudl:216069
Catholic Journal/Catholic Courier (Rochester, NY)
1889 - 2004 (issues are missing from March-August 1962, December 1961 and 1965, June 1967)
http://64.19.75.210/catholic-courier/search.html
Catholic New World: Newspaper for the Archdiocese of Chicago
2010-current
http://now.dirxion.com/Catholic_New_World/now.html
Catholic Northwest Progress (Seattle, WA)
1897 - current (online archives for 1900 - 1904; 1947; 1962 - 1965)
http://cnp.stparchive.com
The Catholic Record (London, ON)
1881 – 1910 (missing some issues)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=yG6gRY0c4kQC
The Catholic Register (Toronto)
1893-1922
http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04934
The Catholic Sun (Syracuse, NY)
2001-2011
http://thecatholicsun.com/2001-archives/itemid-1503
Le Courrier du Canada (Quebec, QC)
1857 – 1901 (missing some issues)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=-95Q15plzcUC
The Criterion Online
Archdiocese of Indianapolis
1960-1965; 1999-present
http://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/archive/date.html
La Crois (Montréal, QC)
1903 – 1937 (missing some issues)
http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2092603
La Croix de Montréal (Montréal, QC)
1893 – 1894 (missing some issues)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=5ScXqYzV9GEC
The Cross (Halifax, NS)
1843 – 1849 (missing some issues; newspaper format from 1848)
http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_04966
Denver Catholic Register (Denver, CO)
1900 - Current (archives from 2006 - current; some links do not work)
http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/9837/DenverCatholicRegister
The FONT, the Fontbonne College newspaper (St. Louis, MO)
1926-1963
http://www.fontbonne.edu/academics/library/the_font_digitized/font1963/
Le Front Ouvrier (Laprairie, QC)
1944 – 1954 (missing some issues)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=_IsBomjs8bsC
The Florida Catholic (Orlando, FL)
Current
http://thefloridacatholic.org/iv/archived_issues_0
La Gazette de Sorel (Sorel, QC)
1857 – 1883 (missing some issues)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=eJXPG6dFmWUC
Heights (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
November 1919-June 2010
http://bit.ly/MUll5d
The Boston College student newspaper began publication in 1919. Issues from November 1919-June 2010 will be available online. For current news, see the paper's website: http://www.bcheights.com. Copyright for 1970 to the present is held by the Heights, Inc. Copyright for 1964-1970 is held by the Trustees of Boston College. Issues from 1919-1963 are in the public domain.
The Intermountain Catholic (Salt Lake City, UT)
1899 - 1920 (issues available from Oct 1899 - 1910)
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93062856/
The official diocesan newspaper of Salt Lake City, Utah, the Intermountain Catholic, was first published on October 7, 1899, under the guidance of Father Denis Kiely. The newspaper covered six Intermountain states—Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, and Montana. Following the economic downturn after World War I, the paper moved to San Fransisco and was puslished for a time under the title The Monitor. Once the economy stablized, the paper returned to Salt Lake City in 1926.
The Irish Canadian (Toronto, ON)
1863 – 1892 (missing some issues)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=M3NEmzRMIkIC
Le Journal des Campagnes
1882 – 1901 (missing some issues)
http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/1898227
Le Journal des Trois-Rivières (Trois-Rivières, QC)
1865 – 1891 (missing some issues)
http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2055702
La Justice (Quebec, QC)
1886 - 1892
http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2039742
La Boussole (Montréal, QC)
1935 – 1946 (missing some issues)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QKtdBID3u5MC
Le Bien Public (Trois-Rivières, QC)
1909 – 1978 (missing some issues)
http://collections.ban1978q.qc.ca/ark:/52327/1936323
The Message (Evansville, IN)
1971 - current (online archives for 1987 - 1998)
mes.stparchive.com
The Montreal Beacon
1940 – 1941 (missing some issues)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=xa5BkEQK8BgC
The Montreal Tribune
1910 – 1913 (missing some issues)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=in81wS_EFI4C
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger (New Orleans, LA)
1868-1881 (issues available from 1868 - 1879)
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86086284/
Founded in 1868 as the official journal of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, the Morning Star and Catholic Messenger was the first Catholic English newspaper in the Old Southwest. Its circulation in the 1870s was approximately 4,000, of which 1,500 copies were distributed throughout Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas. The Morning Star and Catholic Messenger’s primary audience was Irish Catholic. The newspaper is also known by the alternative titles Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
New Era (Montreal, QC)
1857 – 1858
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=LGh1lRt-7sUC
New Jersey Catholic Journal (Trenton, NJ)
1886 - 1889 (some issues are missing)
http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Collection/vudl:200224
North County Catholic (Ogdensburg, NY)
1946-2006
http://news.nnyln.net/nccatholic/search.html
The Observer (Rockford, IL)
1935 - current (archives from 1935 - 1940)
http://obs.stparchive.com
The Pittsburgh Catholic (Duquesne University)
March 16, 1844-March 7, 1957
http://digital.library.duq.edu/cdm-pc/
El Pueblo Católico (Denver, CO)
Current (issues from 2003 - current; some links do not work)
http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/3254
Revista Católica (Albuquerque, NM)
1875 - 1883
http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aregisuniversity&sort=-publicdate
Revista Católica is an international weekly Spanish-American Catholic newspaper and printing house directed by the Jesuits. The business was founded by Italian Jesuit, Donato M. Gasparri, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1873. The publishing house, originally known as Imprenta de Río Grande, provided a variety of educational and devotional materials. Aided by the Rev. Lorenzo Fede, S. J., Gasparri began publication of his newspaper, Revista Católica, on January 2, 1875. There are nine volumes in total.
Sacred Heart Review (East Cambridge, Mass.)
1888-1918
http://bit.ly/VDM7Eb
The Review was a newspaper published in Cambridge and Boston between 1888-1918. Not merely a church bulletin, the Review contained sections dealing with local, national and international news, and had a nation-wide subscriber base. It is important for its reporting of the Catholic Church in general and the Church in New England in particular; its pieces that explicate and defend Catholicism; and its advertisements. The entire 60-volume run is available online and is in the public domain. The online version was made possible, in part, by the John and Ruth Galvin Endowed Fund for the Boston Collection at the John J. Burns Library.
The Southern Cross, formerly The Bullentin of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia (Savannah, GA)
1920 - current (online archives from 1920 - 1936)
http://scr.stparchive.com
The Truth Teller (New York)
1825 - 1826
http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Catholica%20Collection/Newspapers/Truth%20Teller/?page=1
The Tower (The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.)
1922 - current
http://tower.lib.cua.edu/Default/Skins/CatholicUniversity/Client.asp?skin=CatholicUniversity&AW=1364350493079&AppName=2
The Ture Witness and Catholic Chronicle (Montreal, QC)
1850 – 1900
http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_06526
United Canada (Ottawa, ON)
1888 – 1901 (missing some issues)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=OqYjx1B7R3oC
The Voice (Miami, FL)
1959 - 1989
http://library.stu.edu/ulma/va/3005/#1989