Msgr. Campion on The Roosevelts as Friends to Catholics

"Prominent among this fall’s television offerings was The Roosevelts, produced by Ken Burns for PBS, providing 14 hours about the lives and careers of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.

"Taken together, or individually, they made enormous impressions upon life in this country. Theodore Roosevelt was president from 1901 to 1909. Franklin Roosevelt was President from 1933 to 1945, the longest presidential tenure in U.S. history. Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore’s niece and Franklin’s wife, by any historical measure was the most influential, engaged and controversial first lady in history.

"They were Episcopalians, but they all intersected in many ways with the Catholic Church, with Catholic leaders and with ordinary Catholic citizens."

In a recent commentary, Monsignor Owen F. Campion, associate publisher of Our Sunday Visitor, reflected on the effects of these three Roosevelts on the lives of Catholic Americans.

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OSV Newsweekly: Friends to Catholics (8 OCT 14)