October 8, 2010

Headlines from the first issue of The Criterion newspaper

(Here are some of the headlines that appeared in the first issue of The Criterion on Oct. 7, 1960.)

• Archbishop erects new parish in Indianapolis (St. Simon the Apostle Parish in Indianapolis).

• Lay leaders speak out on the religious issue (regarding the devotion of Catholics to religious freedom).

• Pope’s unity move called Magna Carta (Pope John XXIII starts Secretariat for Christian Unity).

• The Catholic in America: Catholic patriotism won friends during Civil War.

• Christ guards them, Pope tells youth.

• Top court upholds father’s role as a religious guide. †

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