America (magazine)

America
Editor Matt Malone
Former editors
Categories Roman Catholicism
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 45,000
Publisher American Jesuits
Year founded  1909 (1909-month)
Company America Press Inc. (Society of Jesus)
Country United States
Based in New York City
Language English
Website www.americamagazine.org
ISSN 0002-7049

America is a national weekly 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.

History

The publication was founded in 1909 in New York City and the Jesuits still maintain and publish the weekly magazine. The former editor in chief, Thomas J. Reese, called America the "Catholic PBS". With its Jesuit affiliation, America has been described by The Washington Post as "a favourite of Catholic liberal intellectuals".[1]

Under the leadership of Reese from 1998 to 2005, the magazine has been known for publishing articles and opinion pieces taking positions contrary to official Catholic teaching or discipline on matters such as homosexuality, priestly celibacy, birth control, and the abortion debate. The magazine came under the scrutiny of the Holy See, and Reese was ordered to resign in May 2005 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). The CDF had been reportedly monitoring America for at least four years prior and allegedly proposed a committee of censors to review the magazine’s content.[2]

In 2009, under the leadership of Drew Christiansen, the editorial board gave support to an invitation for U.S. President Barack Obama to receive an honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame, which was controversial after directives from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops discouraged pro-choice politicians and activists from being honored at Catholic universities.

On October 1, 2012, Matt Malone became the 14th editor-in-chief. He was the youngest editor-in-chief in the magazine's history. In September 2013, the magazine published an interview with Pope Francis, conducted by fellow Jesuit Antonio Spadaro. In the spring of 2014, Malone announced that America would open its first Rome bureau and that Gerard O'Connell would be its Vatican correspondent.

On Feb. 28, 2017, America launched a podcast, Jesuitical, targeted at young Catholics.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Boorstein, Michelle (28 June 2013). "America, a popular intellectual Catholic magazine, bans terms 'liberal,' 'conservative'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Tom Roberts and John L. Allen, Jr., "Editor of Jesuits' America magazine forced to resign under Vatican pressure;, National Catholic Reporter, May 6, 2005]
  3. ↑ "Welcome to jesuitical". 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
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