On Friday, Pope Francis turned 85, a great achievement made all the more extraordinary by the Covid-19 pandemic, his midsummer intestinal surgery, and the weight of history: His predecessor retired at this age, and Leo XIII, who lived over a century ago, was the last pope to do so.
Despite this, the Pope is still going strong, having just returned from a whirlwind tour to Cyprus and Greece, following his pandemic-defying trips to Iraq, Slovakia and Hungary earlier this year. And he shows no signs of stopping down in his quest to make the post-COVID world a more environmentally sustainable, economically just and fraternal place that prioritises the disadvantaged.
Pope Francis has also launched an unprecedented two-year consultation with Catholics on how to make the church more laity-friendly.
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