Across Australia Christians have spent the day marking the life of the first pontiff to hail from the global south.
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00:00A flicker of light in a sometimes dark world. At St Stephen's Cathedral in Brisbane, Pope Francis was remembered for the way he lived.
00:11He was a Pope of the people. He always believed in poor and marginalised and I just felt such a connection with this Pope.
00:21Lord God, Lamb of God.
00:23Sister Teresa Maria hopes that legacy has shaped the church.
00:27We'll be close to people and speak the language that the world can hear.
00:32Archbishop Mark Coleridge says he was intensely human and less formal than Popes of the past.
00:39Who understands the pressures and the hassles of human life, who isn't prepared to condemn, who will listen before he speaks.
00:50Though Pope Francis never visited, a group of Australian bishops went to meet him in 2019 and felt an affinity.
00:59We actually gave him an Akubra too.
01:01The 88 year old was credited with rejecting the excesses of the church.
01:06He really brought Christianity back to its essence, which is love.
01:14Campaigning on climate change ahead of the federal election, the Anglican leadership praised the Pope's advocacy.
01:21Francis gave incredible moral leadership and helped people see the events that matter.
01:27At Melbourne's Ukrainian cathedral, the faithful gave thanks for his support.
01:35We pray for all the time during this time of horrible war.
01:39In Sydney, worshippers gathered from dawn, the Pope's message of love for gay people seen as groundbreaking.
01:46That is worth a hell of a lot to people who feel excluded and marginalised.
01:52A world away from the Vatican, the feeling among Australian Catholics is Pope Francis was a down to earth and altruistic presence in troubled times.