American Jesuit Catholic magazine
America
is a monthly Catholic magazine published by the
Jesuits
of the United States and headquartered in
midtown Manhattan
. It contains news and opinion about
Catholicism
and how it relates to American politics and cultural life. It has been published continuously since 1909, and is also available online.
With its Jesuit affiliation,
America
has been considered a liberal-leaning publication,
[1]
[2]
and has been described by
The Washington Post
as "a favorite of Catholic liberal intellectuals".
[2]
History
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The Jesuit provinces of the U.S.A. founded
America
in New York in 1909 and continue to publish the weekly printed magazine.
Francis X. Talbot
was
editor-in-chief
from 1936 to 1944.
[3]
Matt Malone
became the fourteenth editor-in-chief on 1 October 2012, the youngest in the magazine's history. In September 2013, the magazine published an interview of
Pope Francis
with his fellow Jesuit
Antonio Spadaro
.
In the spring of 2014, Malone announced that
America
would open a bureau in Rome with
Gerard O'Connell
as correspondent.
On February 28, 2017,
America
launched a podcast,
Jesuitical
, targeted at young Catholics.
[4]
In 2022 Matt Malone concluded his editorship after ten years.
[5]
[6]
Sam Sawyer became the fifteenth editor.
[7]
Controversy
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From 1998, when
Thomas J. Reese
became editor-in-chief, the magazine became controversial for publishing articles and opinion pieces at variance with the teaching of the
Holy See
on
homosexuality
,
priestly celibacy
,
birth control
, the debate about induced
abortion
and other matters. The
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
proposed a committee of censors to review the magazine's content. Reese resigned in May 2005. The
National Catholic Reporter
asserted that Reese's resignation was forced by the Vatican,
[8]
although
America
and the Jesuit generalate in Rome denied this.
[9]
In 2009, under the leadership of Drew Christiansen, the editorial board gave support to an invitation for US President
Barack Obama
to receive an
honorary degree
at the
University of Notre Dame
. This was controversial, since the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
had discouraged Catholic Universities from honoring politicians and activists that supported
abortion rights
.
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See also
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References
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Thompson, Damian (May 9, 2018).
"Caught in the culture wars | CatholicHerald.co.uk"
.
CatholicHerald.co.uk
. Archived from
the original
on October 19, 2018
. Retrieved
October 19,
2018
.
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a
b
Boorstein, Michelle (28 June 2013).
"America, a popular intellectual Catholic magazine, bans terms 'liberal', 'conservative'
"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
17 July
2015
.
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LaFarge, John (July 1, 1956).
"Obituary: Father Francis Xavier Talbot, S.J., 1889?1953"
.
Woodstock Letters
.
LXXXV
(3): 341.
Archived
from the original on December 17, 2019
. Retrieved
December 17,
2019
– via Jesuit Online Library.
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"Welcome to jesuitical"
. 2017-02-28
. Retrieved
2018-05-12
.
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Malone, Matt. 2022. "A Last Word."
America
227 (5): 3.
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"After Ten Years at the helm of the venerable Jesuit magazine
America.
"
First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
, no. 326, Oct. 2022, p. 68.
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O'Loughlin, Michael J.(2022) "Father Sam Sawyer Named 15th Editor in Chief of America Magazine."
America
227.1: 1?2.
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Tom Roberts and John L. Allen, Jr.,
"Editor of Jesuits' America magazine forced to resign under Vatican pressure
,
National Catholic Reporter
, May 6, 2005
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"Signs of the Times"
.
America
. May 23, 2005
. Retrieved
October 19,
2018
.
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"Inside the Obama-Notre Dame Debate"
.
The Nation
. May 14, 2009. Archived from
the original
on November 21, 2018
. Retrieved
October 26,
2018
.
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