Austen Ivereigh's Surprising, Profound Interview with Pope Francis

AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast · Apr 22, 2020 · 47m

Last month, the journalist and Pope Francis biographer Austen Ivereigh sent a detailed list of themes and questions to the Holy Father about the COVID-19 pandemic. Austen figured he wouldn’t hear back. Luckily for us, he was 100% wrong about that. Not only did Pope Francis respond to Austen’s questions, but he sent a long, extremely thoughtful audio recording. His responses make up perhaps the most in-depth interview the Holy Father has ever directed toward the English-speaking world. Austen Ivereigh is today's guest. He talks with host Mike Jordan Laskey about the interview’s backstory, the…