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Making world history
In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, Austen Ivereigh talks about the content of the document and the communal discernment process that those present engaged in, in order to produce it. He also wrote about his ‘insider’ experience in an article for the US Jesuit publication America.
Pope Francis and the gift of ‘overflow’
“The title of his address in Belfast was “A New Imagination of the Possible: Pope Francis and the Gift of ‘Overflow’. A dialogue with Dr Austen Ivereigh, papal biographer and collaborator” and you can listen to it above.”
Bringing Pope Francis to Belfast
About recording a message with Pope Francis for the remarkable 4 Corners Festival in Belfast (30 January to 6 February): the talk I gave at St Anne’s Cathedral opening the festival, and a lecture I gave at St Brigid’s parish.
7 sources of Pope Francis’s dream of a synodal Church
A lecture I gave on 8 December to the Irish Institute for Catholic Studies at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, in which I identify 7 “sources” of Pope Francis’s dream of a synodal Church: Acts of the Apostles, the Church’s first millennium, the Spiritual Exx of St Ignatius, Vatican II, Celam/Aparecida, the sex abuse crisis and Covid-19.
El sínodo, ¿cambiará la Iglesia?
Una charla sobre la sinodalidad, por Zoom, a invitación de la Diócesis de San Isidro, Argentina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfSnAINBeFs
‘The Hour of the People: Pope Francis and the post-Covid moment’
A lecture I was invited to give by Zoom to the Archdiocese of Boston’s Social Justice Convocation on November 13, 2021. I was given a warm welcome by Cardinal Sean O’Malley and Fr Bryan Hehir gave a thoughtful response. At the heart of the talk is what I describe as a shift in Francis’s reading of the signs of the times following the outbreak of the pandemic. From a sombre view of the direction of history prior to March 2020, the Pope began to discern a new hope in what he saw as an awakening “from below” of fraternity and solidarity in the world. I see Let Us Dream, his address to the popular movements and his calling of the global synod as signs of what I call “the hour of the people”, and spell out some of the implications for the Church’s pastoral ministry.
Austen Ivereigh: Synodality a 'new future' for the Church
A write-up in the newspaper of the Catholic archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia, following two talks I gave to the clergy and staff of the archdiocese, at the invitation of Archbishop Peter Comensoli.
We have a dream for the planet
As part of a series of Autumn lectures inspired by Pope Francis’s Let Us Dream, the great London church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square invited me to speak on the topic of “Our dream for the planet” on October 25th. The other panelists were Bishop Nicholas Holtam, until recently the Church of England’s lead bishop on the environment and Dr Emily Grossman, a climate scientist with Extinction Rebellion. Watch it here. Or read on for the text of my address.
The synod on synodality: why it matters
My first “in-person” talk in over a year was at the parish of the Benedictine abbey of Worth in West Sussex, where I gave some reflections on the global synod process after being involved in its launch in Rome.
Pope Francis’ Vision for a Synodal Church
A talk given to Durham University CathSoc on Pope Francis’ Vision for a Synodal Church
Soñemos Juntos
Una entrevista imperdible con Austen Ivereigh, biógrafo del Papa Francisco. Escribió con el Papa el último libro «Soñemos Juntos» y cuenta su impresión del pensamiento político social y teológico del Papa. Particularmente ricas son las experiencias límites de Francisco y el llamado durante la pandemia que le hizo Dios.
El pensamiento de Francisco en Soñemos Juntos
Presentación del historiador, escritor y periodista Austen Ivereigh en el Seminario, realizada el 12 de Abril del 2021.
Biógrafo del Papa Francisco, Austen Ivereigh, en entrevista con Erwin Pérez
Austen es británico, pero habla un perfecto español; es un erudito sobre el tema de la Iglesia Católica y se expresa con gran claridad y calidez. Colaboró con el Papa en la redacción de su más reciente libro, "Soñemos juntos", a la venta en varios idiomas.
Alexis Valdés Entrevista al Biógrafo del Papa
Alexis conversa con el escritor y periodista, Austen Ivereigh, quien ha escrito las biografías del Papa Francisco acerca del libro "Soñemos Juntos (Let Us Dream)" Donde aparece el poema "Esperanza", escrito por Alexis durante la pandemia.
Austen Ivereigh on Fratelli Tutti’s invitation to graciousness
Journalist and papal biographer Austen Ivereigh weighs in on Pope Francis’ latest encyclical “Fratelli Tutti,” which he says illuminates humanity’s current opportunity to recover a sense of being one family.