Father Coughlin Radio Priest
He was the founding priest of the national shrine of the little flower church.
Father coughlin radio priest. Bloomfield hills mich oct. Coughlin began his weekly sunday afternoon sermons in 1926. International bankers was a code description charles e. Known for delving into politics more frequently than religious matters father coughlin was never shy about preaching his version of the truth to anyone be they loyal listeners or otherwise.
October 27 1979 in bloomfield hills michigan. He was one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience. Charles edward coughlin commonly known as father coughlin was a canadian american roman catholic priest who was based in the united states near detroit. And whether a fan of coughlin s or one of the many denouncers of his brand of social justice he continued to systematically etch his place into the fabric of american culture.
His show began in the mid 1920s and peaked during the early 1930s. Coughlin the radio priest of the depression who was ultimately silenced by the hierarchy of the roman catholic church died today at. During the 1930s an estimated 30 million listeners tuned to his weekly broadcasts. During his peak father charles coughlin was considered the undisputed king of talk radio.
Roman catholic radio priest who in the 1930s developed one of the first deeply loyal mass audiences in radio broadcast history. Coughlin once described as the voice of god were avidly followed by a radio audience of thirty to fifty million americans during the thirties. He did not need to say jewish international bankers to make it clear whom he was blaming not only for the rise of communism but for the depression. The radio priest the sunday afternoon broadcasts of rev.
Coughlin a roman catholic priest used on his radio show. Roosevelt and his new deal but became a har. 27 upi the rev. Initially coughlin was a vocal supporter of franklin d.
Catholic priest whose radio sermons made him one of the most influential people in america before endless controversy led to his downfall and silencing.