| Categories | Opinion press |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly (1829–1831) Monthly (1843–1868) Biweekly (1869–1937) |
| Founder | Louis de Carné, Edmond de Cazalès, Camille-Augustin de Meaux |
| First issue | March 1829 |
| Final issue | 1937 |
| Country | France |
| Based in | Paris |
| Language | French |
Le Correspondent was a FrenchCatholic review, founded in March 1829 byLouis de Carné,Edmond de Cazalès, andCamille-Augustin de Meaux. The motto of this moderately royalist Catholic review was "Liberté civile et religieuse par tout l’univers" ("Civil and religious liberty throughout the universe"). Publication ceased in 1831 but was revived in 1843 as a monthly review under the direction ofEdmond Wilson andVictor-Amédée Waille (1798–1876).Jean Luglien de Jouenne d'Esgrigny was one of its initial shareholders.[1]
After a period of dormancy, it was relaunched in 1855 byCharles de Montalembert as a Catholic opposition organ to theSecond Empire and the journalL'Univers byLouis Veuillot.Le Correspondent became a platform forliberal Catholics and moderate royalists concerned about the almost complete alignment of theFrench Church with imperial authority and opposed to reactionary theories promoted by thepontifical authorities.
The editorial committee included Montalembert, theComte de Falloux,Albert de Broglie, journalistCharles Lenormant,Augustin Cochin, and Théophile Foisset. Key contributors included clergymenFélix Dupanloup andHenri Lacordaire, as well as former ministersAbel-François Villemain andSaint-Marc Girardin.
Notable publications inLe Correspondent includeLacordaire's 1856 tribute toFrédéric Ozanam, who died in 1853, and his "Letters to a Young Man on Christian Life."Albert de Broglie contributed a study on "The Church and the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century," while Montalembert published excerpts fromThe Monks of the West.
Armand de Melun and Augustin Cochin addressed social issues, helping define the emergingsocial Catholic movement.
Le Correspondent was suspended on September 10, 1870, following the death of Montalembert and the establishment of theThird Republic. It resumed publication on June 25, 1871, continuing until 1937, when it was absorbed by the Jesuit French reviewÉtudes.
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