What is Le Courrier?
'''Le Courrier''' is a [[French language|French]]-language daily [[newspaper]], which originated in [[Geneva]]. It was first issued as a Sunday newspaper, on January 5, 1868. Most people in Geneva are [[Protestantism|Protestant]]. Le Courrier was issues by a small number of [[Catholic Church|Catholics]]. It has always had a strong focus on Catholic values. In 1892, it became a daily newspaper. In 1907, Geneva had a [[Separation of church and state|separation of Church and state]]; at that time, the number of printed copied dropped markedly. Until 1923, the newspaper was Christian and stood for conservative values. In that year Christan Levraz changed the focus to focus more on social values - The newspaper was left-wing, from then on. The Catholic Church was not too happy with the left-wing orientation of the newspaper. In 1996, the Church stopped supporting Le Courrier, because it saw the journal's attitude as too close to the Biblical teachings (that is: too evangelical). Today, the newspaper collaborates with [[La Liberté]], another Catholic newspaper from Fribourg. In the year 2019, 7.000-8.000 copies were printed each day. Le Courrier is the only newspaper printed in Geneva. ==Other websites== * [https://lecourrier.ch/ Website of Le Courrier] {{in lang|fr}} {{stub}} [[Category:19th-century establishments in Switzerland]] [[Category:1868 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:French-language newspapers]] [[Category:Christian media]] [[Category:Organizations based in Geneva]]