James F. Colaianni (1922–2016)

James Francis Colaianni was born in Paterson, New Jersey on August 6, 1922. During World War II, he served in the Army in North Africa and Europe. After the war, he graduated from John Marshall Law School in Jersey City. After giving up his law practice and moving to California, he received a mostra altro master's degree from what is now the School of Applied Theology at the Graduate Theological Union. Before joining Ramparts, he was the adult religious education director of a parish in Redwood City. He served as managing editor, religion editor and assistant publisher of Ramparts from 1965 to 1967. While there, he wrote against napalm as a weapon in the Vietnam War and celibacy as a prerequisite for Roman Catholic priests. After leaving Ramparts in a dispute over editorial control, he became director of the Liturgical Conference. He owned Sunday Sermons, a subscription service that sold thousands of homilies as a resource for preachers. He wrote many of the homilies himself. He also wrote several books including Married Priests and Married Nuns and The Catholic Left: The Crisis of Radicalism in the Church. He died on October 6, 2016 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno