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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jesuit Father Sam Sawyer has been named the editor-in-chief of America magazine, a national weekly Jesuit publication based in New York. Currently a senior editor and the director of digital strategy at America Media, of which the magazine is a part, Sawyer will start in his new role Dec. 1, the feast of America’s patron, St. Edmund Campion — who himself was a Jesuit. Sawyer will succeed Jesuit Father Matt Malone, who has been at the helm of America magazine and America Media over the past decade as both editor-in-chief and president. America Media’s board of directors did not announce who will assume the presidency. A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Sawyer was ordained to the priesthood in 2014 and joined the America staff the following year. “Since …
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