''The Catholic Standard'' was an
Irish weekly
Roman Catholic
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newspaper. It ceased publication in 1978.
''The Standard'' was founded in May 1928 in
Dublin
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,
Ireland
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. It changed its name to the ''Catholic Standard'' in July 1963.
Peter O'Curry became editor in 1938. He claimed to have raised the readership from 8,000 to 80,000 a week.
During his tenure, writers such as
Francis MacManus,
Patrick Kavanagh,
Benedict Kiely and
Gabriel Fallon contributed to the paper.
James White (later director of the
National Gallery
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) was arts critic.
During the
Second Vatican Council
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,
Michael O'Carroll CSSp commented on the debates and decisions of the Council for the newspaper. He also wrote every editorial that appeared in the paper for 14 years.
The paper was opposed to the Vietnam War and the <