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ncregister.com}}}}The National Catholic Register is a Catholic newspaper in the United States. It was founded on November 8, 1927, by Matthew J. Smith as the national edition of the Denver Catholic Register. The Register's current owner is the Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. of Irondale, Alabama, which also owns the Catholic News Agency.Content includes news and features from the United States, the Vatican, and worldwide, on such topics as culture, education, books, arts, and entertainment, as well as interviews. Online content includes various blogs and breaking news.The Register{{'}}s print edition is published biweekly (26 times a year).WEB, National Catholic Register Subscription {{!, Magazine-Agent.com |url=https://www.magazine-agent.com/National-Catholic-Register/Subscription/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=www.magazine-agent.com}} Tom Wehner has been the managing editor since 2009. Jeanette DeMelo became editor in chief in 2012. She was succeeded by Shannon Mullen in January 2023.WEB,weblink New Editor-in-Chief Shannon Mullen Welcomes Opportunity to Hone Register's Journalistic Edge, January 31, 2023,

History

Diocesan ownership

The National Catholic Register was founded as the national edition of the Denver Catholic Register, the official weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Denver. The National Catholic Register began publication on November 8, 1927, with four pages of national and international news. Monsignor Matthew J. Smith was its first editor.NEWS, EWTN acquires National Catholic Register; newspaper launched in 1927, The Catholic Review, Baltimore, Cathedral Foundation, January 19, 2012, June 27, 2023,weblink NEWS, Smith, Peter Jesserer, October 29, 2017, The Register at 90, 1, 5, National Catholic Register, EWTN, Irondale, Alabama,weblink weblinkWEB, National Catholic Register, Archdiocese of Denver Digital Repository, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, Denver, June 27, 2023,weblink In June 1929, the Diocese of Montereyâ€“Fresno asked to bundle local news with the National Catholic Register, and other dioceses followed suit. The arrangement turned into a chain known as the Register System of Newspapers. Dioceses across the United States could wrap their own diocesan newspapers around the national edition.NEWS, The Register at 90, Peter Jesserer, Smith, National Catholic Register, Irondale, Alabama, EWTN, October 29, 2017, 1, 5,weblink weblink In 1931, Msgr. Smith founded the Register School of Journalism at St. Thomas Seminary in Denver. The chain's circulation peaked in the 1950s, with the national edition and at least 34 diocesan editions reaching 850,000 households.NEWS, National Catholic Register celebrates 90th anniversary, Catholic News Agency, Denver, November 8, 2017, June 27, 2023,weblink

Twin Circle ownership

After Msgr. Smith's death in 1960, the chain entered a period of decline. By 1970, the chain had been dismantled, with each diocesan edition being transferred back to local diocesan management. On August 6, 1970, Patrick Frawley's Twin Circle Publishing Co. purchased the financially struggling"TWIN CIRCLE BUYS NATIONAL REGISTER; BOTH TO CONTINUE," The Catholic Advocate Vol. 19, No. 33, (6 August 1970). National Catholic Register, changing its editorial focus from progressive to conservative.Cassels, Louis. "Frawley An Opinion-Maker In Roman Catholic Church," Desert Sun Vol. 44, No. 28 (5 September 1970). At the point of sale, the paper had a circulation of 112,000.

Legionary ownership

In 1995, Frawley sold the paper to Circle Media, a ministry of the Legion of Christ.Dart, John. "2 Catholic Papers Sold : Media: Group with reported ties to Legion of Christ religious order buys National Catholic Register and Catholic Twin Circle," Los Angeles Times (OCT. 7, 1995). During the church sex abuse scandals of the 2000s, the paper downplayed allegations of sexual abuse by Legionary founder Marcial Maciel, and defended him against the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on its editorial pages. After new revelations in 2009, benefactors cut ties with the paper, leaving it in a precarious state. In 2010, the paper's publisher, Father Owen Kearns, issued an apology for its coverage of Maciel and his victims. He was replaced by Dan Burke, who moved the paper from weekly to biweekly publication and launched a new website.

EWTN ownership

In 2011, Eternal Word Television Network acquired the paper from the Legion of Christ.WEB,weblink EWTN to acquire National Catholic Register, Jan 19, 2011, EWTN News, EWTN, July 26, 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110725062002weblink">weblink July 25, 2011, dead, WEB,weblink National Catholic Register Acquired by EWTN, Jan 19, 2011, National Catholic Register, EWTN, Jan 20, 2011, November 29, 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141129033357weblink">weblink dead, In 2013, the Register had a print circulation of 24,706.Fink, John F., "The Catholic press and new media", The Criterion, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, February 22, 2013The 2017 Catholic Press Association awards named the Register Newspaper of the Year.NEWS,weblink National Catholic Register Named 'Newspaper of the Year', National Catholic Register, In 2021, the Register had an average print circulation of 43,117 based on its 2021 Statement of Ownership on file at the USPS.

Former Register newspapers

The Advance Register, Dioceses of Wichita and Dodge City (1940â€“?)NEWS, Triumphs of 'Register' Punctuate Forays on Bigotry and Injustice, Francis, Syrianey, The Denver Catholic Register, Denver, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, November 8, 1951, Â§2, pp. 3, 8,weblink Archdiocese of Denver Digital Repository,
The Alamo Register, Archdiocese of San Antonio (1942â€“?)
The Catholic Telegraph-Register, Archdiocese of Cincinnati (1937â€“1961)WEB, History, The Catholic Telegraph, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, 2009, September 6, 2013,weblink
- Catholic Telegraph-Register, Daytonâ€“Miami Valley Edition (1939â€“1961)
The Columbus Register, Diocese of Columbus (1940â€“before 1951)
The Eastern Kansas Register, Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas (1939â€“?)
The Inland Register, Diocese of Spokane (1942â€“?)
The Lake Shore Visitor-Register, Diocese of Erie (1938â€“?)
The Messenger, Des Moines Edition of The Register (1941â€“?)
The Register, Altoona Edition, Diocese of Altoona (1934â€“?)
The Register, Arizona Edition (1940â€“?)
The Register, Central California Edition, Diocese of Montereyâ€“Fresno (1929â€“?)
The Register, Duluth Edition, Diocese of Duluth (1937â€“?)
The Register, Eastern Montana Edition, Diocese of Great Falls (1931â€“?)
The Register, Intermountain Catholic Edition, Diocese of Salt Lake (1937â€“?)
The Register, Kansas City, Missouri, Edition, Diocese of Kansas City (1939â€“?)
The Register, La Crosse Edition, Diocese of La Crosse (1936â€“?)
The Register, Local Edition, Archdiocese of Denver (1938â€“1970)
The Register, Nebraska Edition, Diocese of Grand Island (1931â€“?)
The Register, Nevada Edition, Diocese of Reno (1932â€“?)
The Register, Northwestern Kansas Edition, Diocese of Salina (1937â€“?)
The Register, Peoria Edition, Diocese of Peoria (1934â€“?)
The Register, Santa Fe Edition, Archdiocese of Santa Fe (1934â€“?)
The Register, Southern Nebraska Edition, Diocese of Lincoln (1932â€“?)
The Register, St. Cloud Edition, Diocese of Saint Cloud (1938â€“?)
The Register, Superior California Edition, Diocese of Sacramento (1932â€“before 1951)
The Register, Superior Californiaâ€“Nevada Edition, Dioceses of Reno and Sacramento (1930â€“1932)
The Register, Tennessee Edition, Diocese of Nashville (1937â€“?)
The Register, Texas Panhandle Edition, Diocese of Amarillo (1936â€“?)
The Register, West Virginia Edition, Diocese of Wheeling (1934â€“?)
The Register, Western Montana Edition, Diocese of Helena (1932â€“?)
The Southern Colorado Register, Diocese of Pueblo (1945â€“1967)WEB, Southern Colorado Register, Archdiocese of Denver Digital Repository, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, Denver, June 27, 2023,weblink
The St. Louis Register, Archdiocese of St. Louis (1941â€“?)
The Steubenville Register, Diocese of Steubenville (1945â€“?)

Notable people

Matthew Bunson, senior editor
Greg Burke
Raymond J. de Souza, contributor
Robert J. Fox, columnist

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