Charles Coughlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Coughlin

Catholic priest, radio commentator

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1891

Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 27-Oct-1979

Profession: writer, Catholic priest, journalist, radio personality, peace activist

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Charles Coughlin

  • Charles Edward Coughlin ( KOG-lin; October 25, 1891 – October 27, 1979) was a Canadian-American Roman Catholic priest based in the United States near Detroit.
  • He was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Little Flower church.
  • Commonly known as Father Coughlin, he was one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience: during the 1930s, an estimated 30 million listeners tuned to his weekly broadcasts.
  • He was forced off the air in 1939 because of his pro-fascist and anti-Semitic rhetoric. Initially, Coughlin was a vocal supporter of Franklin D.
  • Roosevelt and his New Deal, but became a harsh critic of Roosevelt, accusing him of being too friendly to bankers.
  • In 1934, he established a political organization called the National Union for Social Justice.
  • Its platform called for monetary reforms, nationalization of major industries and railroads, and protection of labor rights.
  • The membership ran into the millions, but it was not well organized locally.After hinting at attacks on Jewish bankers, Coughlin began to use his radio program to broadcast antisemitic commentary.
  • In the late 1930s, he supported some of the fascist policies of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Emperor Hirohito of Japan.
  • The broadcasts have been described as "a variation of the Fascist agenda applied to American culture".
  • His chief topics were political and economic rather than religious, using the slogan "Social Justice".
  • Many American bishops, as well as the Vatican, wanted him silenced.
  • After the outbreak of World War II in Europe in 1939, the Roosevelt administration finally forced the cancellation of his radio program and forbade distribution by mail of his newspaper, Social Justice.

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