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 catrholic newspaper from fribourg. in the year 2019, 7.000-8.000 copies were printed each day.