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Robert Giroux edited some of the 20th century's leading writers, including some prominent Catholic voices like Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy and Thomas Merton.

John W. Donohue, S.J., an associate editor of America from 1972 to 2007, was described by one Jesuit on staff as "a living rule. Were the Society of Jesus ever to lose its Constitutions, we would need only look to him to see how our life should be lived.”

Every week the editors of America Media highlight a piece of content that we believe is worth your engagement in this busy media environment.

When is the first time you pray during the day? For me, if it’s not when I wake up in the morning, it is at the beginning of my workday, with all my coworkers.

My Father’s House centers on Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, a real life Irish priest who, with the help of an electic group of accomplices, helped shuttle escaped prisoner of war captives to safety.

Watch: A conversation with Sam Sawyer, S.J., the 15th editor in chief of America.

Cleveland-based public finance banker Tim Reidy joined Raymond James as a managing director.

When Fay Vincent Jr. resigned as the commissioner of Major League Baseball, he turned to the pages of “America” in his effort “to try to put all of the current mess in perspective.”

America mourns the loss of Drew Christiansen, S.J., a noted scholar and former editor in chief of the magazine.

A Reflection for the Wednesday of the First Week of Lent by Tim Reidy