Catherine Field: Europe Correspondent on the legacy of Pope Francis, public mourning

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Crowds are gathering to mourn following the death of the Pope.  The head of the Catholic Church died overnight at the age of 88, following a stroke, coma, and subsequent heart failure following a battle with double pneumonia.  Nine days of mourning is now underway before his funeral and his burial at Saint Mary Major.  Newstalk ZB's Catherine Field is in Paris – one of many parts of the Catholic world now mourning the Pope's loss.  She told Mike Hosking while Francis divided opinion in Europe, everyone agrees he was a man of humility and compassion.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.