Word: coughlinism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week a mounting flood of protests and questions impelled him to appear on Father Coughlin's regular Sunday radio hour, state his position fully...
...first question," declared the Bishop, "is 'Who is ecclesiastically responsible for the addresses of Father Coughlin?' I am, as Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Detroit...
...Detroit's Rev. Charles E. Coughlin has increasingly proven that, with the possible exception of Huey P. Long, he is the ablest and most inflammatory rabble-rouser in the U. S., many a sober citizen has wondered how long his thoroughly autocratic Church would permit the radio priest to continue stirring up unchurchly controversy. Their wonder grew as Boston's outspoken old William Henry Cardinal O'Connell repeatedly flayed Father Coughlin for his "demagogic talk," "hysterical harangues," "humbugging," "pure sham'' and Father Coughlin cracked back that for 40 years the Cardinal had been notorious...
Fact is, his superiors may silence a Catholic priest only if he goes astray on matters of faith and morals. Father Coughlin is answerable only to one man. That is his good friend and immediate superior, Bishop Michael James Gallagher of Detroit. He in turn may be overruled only by direct order of the Pope. Burly, bespectacled Bishop Gallagher has in the past let it be known that he did not agree with all the radio priest's opinions but refused to interfere with their expression...
...second question: 'What does the imprimatur mean?' It is the right to print. It so happens that I do not only find in Father Coughlin's addresses nothing against the faith and morals but I do most heartily approve their content. It is a content based on truths which I have directed him to preach...