"Moonie" church mourns leader

Mourners gather in South Korea, saying goodbye to a controversial church leader.

Sun Myung Moon, who founded the Unification Church, died on Monday (September 3) at the age of 92.

The self-declared messiah left behind a vast business empire and a legacy of mass weddings.

Twelve altars are open across South Korea for people to pay their respects.

SOUNDBITE: 42-YEAR-OLD ANGOLAN FOLLOWER FREDERIK DOMINGO SAYING (English):

"When I heard the news, I was really really like lost, you know. Yes, father, I feel like I lost my own father."

SOUNDBITE: 53-YEAR-OLD SOUTH KOREAN FOLLOWER JO SUNG-SOOK SAYING (Korean):

"I felt like the earth was falling down - I could not describe what I felt. What can I say here, where our true parent on earth passed away. My heart is still trembling and I was overwhelmed with grief."

It's not just parishioners who have been paying tribute to Moon.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also sent a condolence letter, praising Moon's efforts to rebuild relations on the Korean peninsular.

Moon's body is lying in state until his funeral on September 15.