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"Requested the resignation of a Jesuit priest, editor of America Magazine for anti-catechetical articles "

My mother sent me a subscription to this magazine. As its a weekly publication I can barely keep up with the reading of each article. A few articles I have read seemed a bit left wing. Any idea which articles resulted in the request for resignation?

My mother sent me a subscription to this magazine.

My suggestion would be to cancel the subscription and ask "Mom" to send you a subscription to any one of the following:

FIRST THINGS
FIRST THINGS is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society.
FIRST THINGS

The Wanderer has been providing its readers with news and commentary from an orthodox Catholic perspective for over 135 years. From vital issues affecting the Catholic Church to the political events which threaten our Catholic faith. The Wanderer is at the forefront every week with its timely coverage and its cutting edge editorials.
THE WANDERER (you can request a free copy at this link).

The news the secular media doesn't want you to see. From the nation's premier Catholic weekly newspaper.
THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER

Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Why not surprise 'Mom' with her own subscription to one and or all three of these orthodox catholic publications! What better gift than one that keeps on giving.

Any idea which articles resulted in the request for resignation?

Apparently, many! Several bishops have written the Vatican complaining about the anti-catechetical reporting in this magazine. Toss it out!

I quit reading America a long, long time ago, so I'm not up on the specific articles. But I would suspect it was the overall effect of many left-wing, anti-Christian articles that finally got him out of there. That is, I think B16 has known for a long time who is with the program and who ain't. And we don't need the latter.

NYer made some really good magazine suggestions. First Things is great - long, well written articles from Catholic, Evangelical and Orthodox writers - but if you want a faster read, go for the National Catholic Register, which is very orthodox but has shorter articles if you're pressed for time.