The death of Bishop John B. Morris and the appointment of Arkansas’ first native-born bishop were momentous events reported from 1944-1946 in The Guardian. Relief at the end of World War II was joined with questions about the use of "atomic power."…
« read »The years of 1941-1943 saw war coverage dominate The Guardian with first the European war and then Japan’s attack on America…
« read »Catholics in Arkansas during 1938-1940 continued to grow their communities and work among their Protestant neighbors, all the while Europe again careened into war.…
« read »Arkansans saw a growing church and less discrimination in 1935-1937, but The Guardian continued to report that overseas trouble was brewing for Catholics and the Church…
« read »Marriage, divorce and birth control were common subjects of stories in The Guardian in 1932 to 1934.…
« read »One of the most important events in the history of the Vatican and Italy occurred on Feb. 11, 1929.…
« read »Each issue of The Guardian in 1926 to 1928 followed in detail the religious persecution in Mexico.…
« read »In the 1920s The Guardian, the weekly newspaper under the leadership of Father George McDermott, was challenging to read by today’s standards.…
« read »With the end of the war, The Guardian entered into a celebratory and more hopeful time, continuing to publish an eight-page broadsheet paper weekly with editor-in-chief Father Augustine Stocker, OSB., who continued to serve as Subiaco prior.…
« read »The Guardian ushered in the years of 1917-1919 still publishing eight broadsheet pages a week under the editorial guidance of Subiaco prior Father Augustine Stocker, OSB.…
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