Article December 26, 2011 Issue

The Christian Science Monitor – and living for all mankind

By John Yemma

When it was founded in 1908, The Christian Science Monitor was something never before attempted: a church-sponsored newspaper that reported real, impartial news. In the 103 years it has been at work, the Monitor has been widely praised for its integrity and has received journalism’s highest honors.

Why would a church publish a newspaper that doesn’t proselytize or emphasize denominational news? And why would the public accept a newspaper published by a church—and proudly flying the name of that church—as being journalistically sound?

The answers can be found in Christian Science itself. Mary Baker Eddy set forth Christian Science to help lead people out of fear and ignorance and back to the native health, happiness, and holiness given to each of us as sons and daughters of God. This is the gospel, the good news, that Christ Jesus taught and demonstrated.