James J. Martin (born December 29, 1960) is an American Jesuit priest, writer, and editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine "America". In 2017, Pope Francis appointed Martin as a consultant to the Vatican's Secretariat for Communications. He is a "New York Times" Best Selling author and frequent commentator on the life and teachings of Jesus, and on Ignatian spirituality as inspired by the life and teachings of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Martin's outreach to the LGBT community has drawn a strong backlash from parts of the Catholic Church. This is the subject of his book "Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity".