''Angelus'' (also called ''Angelus News)'' is a weekly

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magazine published jointly by The Tidings Corporation and the

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, the most populous diocese in the

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. The magazine began publication in 1895 as a

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named ''The Tidings'' and is the oldest continuously published Catholic periodical on the west coast of the United States. It is also the oldest weekly periodical in the

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market. The last issue of ''The Tidings'' was published in June 2016; in July 2016, it was transformed into the multimedia news platform ''Angelus'' (aka ''Angelus News'').

Circulation and archives

The archdiocese reported that ''The Tidings'' reached 230,000 adult readers every week. The newspaper's online archive was lost in the migration from the-tidings.com

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Writers

The magazine regularly or frequently features columns written by the following, among others: * Archbishop José H. Gómez *

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*Rev.

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("In Exile") * Greg Erlandson *

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("The Crux") *

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*Robert Brennan *Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie *

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("Sunday Readings")

Sources

''The Tidings'': About ''The Tidings''
(archived at

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)
''The Tidings'': Media Kit
(archived at Internet Archive)

References

External links

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archive of ''The Tidings'' official home page
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