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''The Wanderer'' is a lay
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weekly
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published in
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, and distributed to a national market. It was founded by Joseph Matt on 7 October 1867. Unlike
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publications or those of
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s, the newspaper is independent of ecclesiastical oversight. It is considered conservative and traditionalist.


Overview

''The Wanderer'' gives the following self-description: :''The Wanderer'', a national Catholic weekly journal of news, commentary, and analysis, has been publishing continually since 1867. Owned and operated by Catholic laymen, ''The Wanderer'' is independent of ecclesiastical oversight but maintains a fiercely loyal adherence to Catholic doctrine and discipline. It was originally published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in German to minister to German immigrants to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas who were being "attracted to and influenced by
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and quasi-Masonic German-language newspapers and organizations." A German language edition was published until 1957. The English edition began in 1931. ''The Wanderer'' was described in ''
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'' magazine in 2009 as "about as far to the right as you can get and still be in the Catholic Church".


History

''The Wanderer'' says it was a major early opponent of a perceived " Americanizing" of the Church. That tendency was condemned by Pope
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in his 1899 apostolic letter, '' Testem benevolentiae nostrae''. According to ''The Wanderer'', through the
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years, a dispute over Vatican II led to Walter Matt leaving ''The Wanderer'' to his brother, Alphonse Matt, and founding '' The Remnant'' in 1967.


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