Who is Reverend Charles Coughlin from Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 and what is their importance?

Reverend Coughlin was a Catholic parish priest from Royal Oak, Michigan. The Canadian-born priest was a popular speaker and had his own national radio program carried by CBS. In his addresses he blamed the bankers for the depression and talked about a bankers' conspiracy. He provided Roosevelt with light support until late 1934, when he began to expound a program called social justice which was close to the corporatism of Mussolini.