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Austen Ivereigh is a Fellow in Contemporary Church History at Campion Hall, at the University of Oxford, and a biographer of Pope Francis. In 2020 he collaborated with Pope Francis on his Let Us Dream: the Path to a Better Future, published by Simon & Schuster. 
FaithLast Take
Austen Ivereigh
There is a new willingness in the Catholic Church, modeled by Pope Francis, to hold its disagreements in fruitful tension, allowing the Spirit to show new paths forward that transcend those divisions.
FaithFaith and Reason
Austen Ivereigh
Following the listening phase of the Synod on Synodality, a mix of religious, clergy and lay people gathered in Frascati, Italy, to synthesize reports from around the world. Austen Ivereigh took part and gives this insider’s account.
FaithLast Take
Austen Ivereigh
Diego Fares, S.J., who died of cancer last week in Rome at age 66, was arguably the greatest interpreter of the thought and way of proceeding of Pope Francis.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson enters 10 Downing Street, after his reading a resignation statement in London, July 7 (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, file).
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Austen Ivereigh
“Sow integrity for yourselves,” urges Hosea. Right now in the U.K., that feels like the most urgent political task.
Participants at the Asamblea Eclesial in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico (photo: María Langarica/Celam) 
FaithFaith and Reason
Austen Ivereigh
It was Pope Francis who suggested that this was the moment for the continent to revive the vision of Aparecida—only this time in a synodal way, with the people of God as the protagonist.
Pope Francis raises the monstrance during eucharistic adoration at the end of Mass in the chapel of his Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, May 5, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithShort Take
Austen Ivereigh
You don’t dialogue with the devil. But if you’re the pope, you might choose to call out the devil’s work.
FaithShort Take
Austen Ivereigh
“Let us not forget that a faith that is not inculturated is not authentic,” Francis told the Latin American Confederation of Religious.
FaithNews Analysis
Austen Ivereigh
While the optics of Boris Johnson's marriage in a Catholic church this weekend suggest a double standard, in fact the church seems to be treating him the same it would any divorced Catholic seeking to remarry.
Pope Francis touches a Marian icon as he leaves at the end of a vigil, ahead of Pentecost Sunday, at the Vatican June 8, 2019. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Austen Ivereigh
The pope’s message poses a sharp challenge to a movement known more for personal conversion and evangelization than practical mercy.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn, right, walk through the Commons Members Lobby, during the state opening of Parliament, in London on Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Austen Ivereigh
As dawn broke after polling day, it was clear that the Boris Johnson earthquake had shattered the “red wall” of Labour strongholds across north Wales and in England’s northwest, Midlands and northeast.