Tributes are flooding in after the death of Pope Francis.

The Pope passed overnight at the age of 88, following a stroke, coma and subsequent heart failure - after a battle with double pneumonia.

A period of mourning is now underway before his funeral and burial.

Dunedin Bishop Michael Dooley joined the Afternoons team to discuss his meeting with the deceased Catholic Church head.

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