Austen Ivereigh

[1] Ivereigh formerly served as deputy editor of The Tablet and later director for public affairs of the former Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.

"[2] In The Washington Post, Elizabeth Tenety wrote, "In pushing the church forward, Francis today insists that 'God is not afraid of new things' and that the complexities of human life are not necessarily black and white.

During his time as provincial superior of the Society of Jesus in Argentina, he attempted to reorient a politically charged church culture toward the spirituality of everyday holiness.

[4]On 18 July 2006, Ivereigh resigned as the cardinal's director of public affairs following allegations by the Daily Mail that he had steered multiple women toward abortions.

[5][6] Together with Jack Valero, Austen Ivereigh headed a media group, Catholic Voices,[7] set up to respond to opposition to the visit of the Pope to the UK in 2010.