Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Editor of Catholic Mag Fired per Vatican Orders

The Rev. Thomas Reese, S.J., has been the editor of "America," an influential Catholic weekly magazine for 7 yrs. The Vatican threatened to impose a "board of censors" to oversee the magazine if he stayed, according to the National Catholic Reporter. The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly run by the new pope, had pressured to get rid of Reese "for about 5 years". A source told the paper that it had issued an ultimatum, "that either Reese goes or they would appoint a board of censors." The irony is that "America is pretty mainstream," said Rev. Richard McBrien, professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He also added that Reese himself "has been very careful to be even-handed, fair-minded and restrained in any comments he's ever made, either in the run-up to this papal election or in his books." "I would be astonished if anyone except extreme right-wingers would be offended by anything he's either written or said," McBrien said... well McBrien, I think the people running this Catholic show are extreme right wingers... so Reese's moderation doesn't even count.
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