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James Martin

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Editor-at-Large at America Magazine

Jesuit priest, editor at large at @Americamag, founder of @outrchcatholic, author of 'Come Forth' and consultor to the Dicastery for Communication @VaticanNews

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Articles

  • What name will the next pope take-and what will it mean?

    1 month ago | americamagazine.org | James Martin

    Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the papal vicar for Rome, stands next to Pope Francis as the newly elected pontiff appears for the first time on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this March 13, 2013, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)A word from the editor in chief: If you walk around the Vatican these days, it seems like there are almost more journalists than pilgrims—and there are still plenty of pilgrims.

  • Father James Martin: The truth about the conclave? Nobody knows anything.

    1 month ago | americamagazine.org | James Martin

    Cardinals attend a Mass presided over by Cardinal Pietro Parolin in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on the second of nine days of mourning for Pope Francis on Sunday, April 27, 2025.

  • Father James Martin: Don’t be afraid of the conclave-or the next pope

    1 month ago | americamagazine.org | James Martin

    Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsCardinals from around the world pray in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican March 12, 2013, before beginning the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. The following day, on the fifth ballot, they elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who chose the name Francis.

  • Pope Francis changed my life-and the lives of countless L.G.B.T.Q. people

    1 month ago | americamagazine.org | James Martin

    It’s not often you can pinpoint moments when your life changes. The most profound moment for me was seeing a documentary about the Trappist monk Thomas Merton, which eventually led me to leave a life in the corporate world and enter the Jesuits in 1988. But another was a moment at the Vatican, in 2019. I was in Rome for my first meeting with the Dicastery for Communication as a consultor, a recent appointment by Pope Francis that had shocked me (and a few others).

  • Pope Francis never stopped being a Jesuit

    1 month ago | outreach.faith | James Martin

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James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ
15 May 25

RT @RepRobertGarcia: Andry Romero, a young gay man, was given an asylum appointment by the U.S. Government. When he showed up to the appoin…

James Martin, SJ
James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ
15 May 25

Congratulations to Sam Sawyer, SJ @SSawyerSJ who received the Madonna Della Strada award, for both himself and for @americamag, presented by the Ignatian Volunteer Corps at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in NYC last night. Sam is a wonderful Jesuit and richly deserves this https://t.co/IHD10CGB9f

James Martin, SJ
James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ
14 May 25

RT @JamesMartinSJ: Dear friends: I was delighted to be on The Late Show last night talking about our wonderful new pope, Leo XIV with my fe…