Pope Francis: his greatest reforms – and controversies

An overview of Pope Francis’s papacy by Joel Hodge and Antonia Pizzey, Australian Catholic University, on the news of his death

April 22, 2025| Times21 min read
Photo: Ashwin Vaswani on UnsplashPhoto: Ashwin Vaswani on Unsplash

Pope Francis died yesterday, on Easter Monday, aged 88, the Vatican announced. The head of the Catholic Church had recently survived being hospitalised with double pneumonia.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell’s announcement began "Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father."

There were many unusual aspects of Pope Francis’ papacy.

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