May 8, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The longtime editor of the international Jesuit magazine "America" has resigned after years of tension, sparking speculations about the reasons for his departure.
Fr. Thomas J. Reese’s resignation from the New York-based weekly is effective June 1. Fr. Drew Christiansen, a fellow Jesuit who was recruited as a writer and associate editor by Fr. Reese in 2002, will be the new editor.
The magazine's statement did not offer any explanations for Fr. Reese's departure.
However, the National Catholic Reporter, a liberal Catholic weekly, said he resigned at the request of the Jesuit order after “five years of pressure” from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The newspaper provided no source to support this claim.