MATTHEW YOUNG: 'I was at the Pope's funeral - it felt like a festival, but then the atmosphere changed'

MATTHEW YOUNG: 'I was at the Pope's funeral - it felt like a festival, but then the atmosphere changed'

The Mirror's Matthew Young, who attended the Pope's funeral this morning, shares an insight from St Peter's Square, where around 250,000 paid their respects to the pontiff

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