le courrier is a 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 protestant. le courrier was issues by a small number of 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; at that time, the number of printed copied dropped markedly.