The Vatican has confirmed that the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has tragically died aged 88.

Jesuit Priest, Reverend Doctor Richard Leonard, told Dean Miller on 4BC Afternoons, “He was a man who went where he thought Christ wanted us to go at this time in the church.”

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Professor Clare Johnson from the Australian Catholic University centre for Liturgy has said Pope Francis showed ‘true leadership’ in his humanitarian and empathetic approach.

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