@Yaaaassssssqueeeeeennnnnslay I think it’s likely he would have wanted to - a bit like the Queen, for popes, with the exception of the last one, it’s very much a die on the job, do the work til the last breath kind of gig. I think he was the type to use whatever last energy he had to see in Easter Sunday as a symbol of finishing his mission.
I say that as someone who shares your views on the CC and the majority within.
But to me Francis was the best of a very bad lot. The bar is low, I know, but he at least tried to move the dial away from the dogmatic damnation and cruelty of his predecessors. Was he perfect? Absolutely not. But in this case perfect would be the enemy of any move to even slightly better. But as I said, and agree with you, the bar for good in that organisation is in hell, so I know what change he made would be too little for many people.