What's the legacy of Pope Francis?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Earlier this year, he was treated in hospital for five weeks with an infection, but had been discharged.
The Argentinian pontiff, who ushered in a swathe of reforms over his 12-year papacy, symbolised to many an increasingly modern, progressive, and inclusive church.
Niall Paterson is joined by Italian-born Sky News presenter Barbara Serra, who covered the death of Pope John Paul II for Sky News in 2005, as well as Pope Francis's election in 2013, and is herself a Catholic.
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:01.4 | Coming up on the Sky News Daily with me Neil Patterson. |
| 1:04.5 | Pope Francis has died. |
| 1:06.5 | We reflect on his life, his legacy, and what happens now? |
| 1:13.6 | Cardi for the... reflect on his life, his legacy, and what happens now? Cari, Fratelli and Sorrellele, Bonapasqua. |
| 1:21.7 | On what is for Catholics the coalesce day of the year, Easter Sunday, |
| 1:26.0 | Pope Francis gave the blessing in St Peter's Square. |
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