{"id":22150,"date":"2013-04-07T20:05:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T00:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=22150"},"modified":"2016-09-30T16:59:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:59:12","slug":"meet-matt-malone-editor-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/04\/meet-matt-malone-editor-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Matt Malone, editor of America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I can report from personal experience that Fr. Matt Malone is a very nice man, and exceedingly tall. \u00a0I first met him a few years ago, when he was a guest on my TV show, \u201cCurrents.\u201d \u00a0Now we\u2019re both working as magazine editors.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s being profiled in the New York Times.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not.<\/p>\n

Go figure.<\/p>\n

Some of what he had to say<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Rome, one of\u00a0Jorge Mario Bergoglio<\/a>\u2019s first acts as Pope Francis was to call his newsdealer back home in Buenos Aires and cancel his daily delivery. In New York, the Rev. Matt Malone seemed reasonably confident that a similar papal ax would not fall on America, the venerable\u00a0Jesuit weekly<\/a>\u00a0that he edits.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know for a fact that America is read in the\u00a0Vatican<\/a>,\u201d Father Malone said over lunch in a Midtown diner. He had yet to check if the new pope was among his 48,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost certain that he\u2019s seen it,\u201d Father Malone said. \u201cIt\u2019s sent to every Jesuit community in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Francis, the Roman Catholic Church has its first Jesuit pontiff. Relations between his religious order and headquarters in Rome have often been rocky. Peace has also not always reigned between the Vatican and America magazine, based in New York and once described by a former editor in chief, the Rev. Thomas J. Reese, as \u201cthe Catholic PBS.\u201d Eight years ago, Father Reese was forced to resign because of Vatican displeasure with articles critical of church positions on sensitive matters like\u00a0same-sex marriage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, Father Malone, is it an article of faith that this new papacy is good for the Jesuits? \u201cIt\u2019s uncharted territory,\u201d he said, sipping the first of several cups of coffee. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to know how it affects us other than to say we\u2019re very proud. We have a reputation \u2014 sometimes earned, sometimes not \u2014 for being a little arrogant. We try not to give voice to our pride too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, anyway, Francis\u2019s ascension seems to have been a boon for Father Malone\u2019s magazine. During the papal conclave, \u201cwe had a huge number of hits on the Web site,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cIn fact, it crashed after he was announced, because of the demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Across its 104 years<\/a>, America has never had a chief editor as young as Father Malone, who was 40 when appointed last June, the same month he was ordained as a priest after a decade of preparation.<\/p>\n

Does Father Reese\u2019s unpleasant experience weigh on him? He paused before answering.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere isn\u2019t a newspaper or magazine that can say everything it wants to say,\u201d he said, adding with a laugh that at America it is usually for want of space. But bear in mind that \u201cwe\u2019re not disinterested observers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are evangelists. I think that America, historically, has gotten into trouble when we have forgotten that part of our identity.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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