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Article: Decline of a Catholic journal (Canadian Catholic Review).
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- September 1, 1998
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In its Decree on the Instruments of Social Communication, the Second Vatican Council stated that the goal of a Catholic press should be to "form, strengthen, and spread public views which are in harmony with the natural law, and with Catholic teaching and precepts" (No. 14).
Until very recently, The Canadian Catholic Review has pursued this goal with distinction. In doing so, it fostered both the letter and spirit of Vatican II. Last year, however, the CCR moved from St. Thomas More College in Saskatoon to St. Joseph's College in Edmonton, and it changed editors and editorial boards. It also changed direction.
The extent of the change is sadly evident in ...