[1] In 1920 The Newspaper Press Directory described the Catholic Times as an independent journal whose "home and foreign news services are the best, while the ablest literary talent, at home and abroad, is secured to make the Catholic Times a good general and family paper".

From 1933 to 1937 it was edited by Rev'd Dr. Bernard Grimley making it the only Catholic weekly which had a priest as its editor.

Former BBC journalist Norman Cresswell came out of retirement to be its editor.

He was succeeded by Kevin Flaherty in 1996, who remained the Catholic Times' editor for more than two decades.

[4] With sales declining during the UK's COVID-19 lockdown it was merged with The Universe on 1 May 2020, where its columns continued in a supplement.