Austen Ivereigh

Austen Ivereigh is press secretary to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-OConnor. He was formerly deputy editor of the Tablet.

Through the Vatican white smoke

Pope John Paul II has fallen silent. An historic papacy at almost twenty-seven years, the second longest since St Peters has drawn to a close. The election of John

By Austen Ivereigh

/ 3 Apr 2005

Through the Vatican white smoke

Pope John Paul II's successor will be chosen by a secretive, top-down process. Austen Ivereigh, press secretary to one of the cardinals involved, calls for reform in the way the church is governed.

By Austen Ivereigh

/ 2 Apr 2005