The Catholic Standard & Times

The Catholic Standard & Times, published from 1895 to 2012,^[1] was the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

The Catholic Standard & Times

Type	Catholic
Founded	December 7, 1895; 129 years ago (1895-12-07)
Ceased publication	July 2012 (2012-07)
City	Philadelphia
Country	United States
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It was the product of the merger of two earlier Catholic newspapers of Philadelphia.^[2] The Catholic Standard, the official organ of the Diocese of Philadelphia, was published by Wm. Pepper & Co.^[3] from January 6, 1866, to November 30, 1895. The Catholic Times ran from December 3, 1892, to November 23, 1895.^[4]

The Catholic Standard & Times published its first issue on December 7, 1895.^[4] Until its last few years, it published 50 times per year, except the week of July 4 and the last week of the year. It won numerous press awards from the Philadelphia Press Association and the Catholic Press Association and was a member of the latter.^[5]

The newspaper received no funding from the archdiocese; revenues came from advertising and parish and home subscriptions.^[1] In 2007, declining revenue led the paper to begin to cut costs.^[1] In 2011, it moved to a monthly schedule.^[6] It was discontinued in July 2012.

Although the physical newspaper is no longer in publication, the website CatholicPhilly.com remains active and is the official news website of the archdiocese.

See also

• John Patrick Foley (former editor)