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| Editor | Sam Sawyer, S.J. |
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| Former editors | |
| Categories | Christianity (Catholicism) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 45,000 |
| Publisher | American Jesuits |
| Founded | 1909 (1909) |
| Company | America Media |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0002-7049 |
| OCLC | 3612717 |
America is a monthly Catholic magazine published by theJesuits of the United States and headquartered inmidtown Manhattan. It contains news and opinion aboutCatholicism 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 byThe Washington Post as "a favorite of Catholic liberal intellectuals".[2]
The Jesuit provinces of the U.S.A. foundedAmerica in New York in 1909 and continue to publish the weekly printed magazine.Francis X. Talbot waseditor-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.[4] In September 2013, the magazine published an interview ofPope Francis with his fellow JesuitAntonio Spadaro.[5]
In the spring of 2014, Malone announced thatAmerica would open a bureau in Rome withGerard O'Connell as correspondent.[6]
On February 28, 2017,America launched a podcast,Jesuitical, targeted at young Catholics.[7]
With the July 2020 issue, the publication went from 28 issues to 14 issues per year; from the July 2022 issue, from 14 issues to 11, with the July/August issue as a double issue.
In 2022, Matt Malone concluded his editorship after ten years.[8][9]
In late 2022, Sam Sawyer became the fifteenth editor.[10]
From 1998, whenThomas J. Reese became editor-in-chief, the magazine became controversial for publishing articles and opinion pieces at variance with the teaching of theHoly See onhomosexuality,priestly celibacy,birth control, the debate about inducedabortion and other matters. TheCongregation for the Doctrine of the Faith proposed a committee of censors to review the magazine's content. Reese resigned in May 2005. TheNational Catholic Reporter asserted that Reese's resignation was forced by the Vatican,[11] althoughAmerica and the Jesuit generalate in Rome denied this.[12]
In 2009, under the leadership of Drew Christiansen, the editorial board gave support to an invitation for US PresidentBarack Obama to receive anhonorary degree at theUniversity of Notre Dame. This was controversial, since theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops had discouraged Catholic Universities from honoring politicians and activists that supportedabortion rights.[13]
