The Press: Catholic

Faith, Hope and Charity were attendant upon the birth of a new public print, The Commonweal, "a weekly review of literature, the arts and public affairs." A maiden issue appeared last week with the announcement that the spirit of the famed triumvirate would be the newcomer's guiding intention.

An introductory editorial explained further that The Commonweal would be "definitely Christian in its presentation of orthodox religious principles and their application to the subjects that fall within its purview: principles which until now have not, we believe, been expressed in American journalism except through...

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