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Pope Francis' commitment to justice, reconciliation remembered amid mourning

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Tue, 22 Apr 2025, 8:58am
Hours after the death of Pope Francis is announced, tourists and the faithful light candles in memory of the pontiff at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, on April 21, 2025. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Hours after the death of Pope Francis is announced, tourists and the faithful light candles in memory of the pontiff at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, on April 21, 2025. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Pope Francis' commitment to justice, reconciliation remembered amid mourning

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¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 22 Apr 2025, 8:58am

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. 

¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk 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. 

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