The Belgian Catholics, Their Bishops And The Establishment Of A Catholic Press In Brussels (1831-1843): The triumph of the belgian revolution in 1830 was followed by a strong development of the liberal (i.e. anticlerical) press. The catholic newspapers were few, weak and had to struggle to survive. This appears more clearly than elsewhere in the capital, Brussels : the one important catholic paper L'Union, disappeared in 1838 and no strictly catholic press organ survived.