Thousands line up to pay their respects to Pope Benedict XVI
Thousands of people have been queuing to pay their last respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI, whose remains are lying in state at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica
Thousands of people have paid their respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI, whose remains are lying in state at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
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Crowds view body of former Pope Benedict in St. Peter’s
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -A steady stream of tens of thousands of people filed into St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body was laying in state without any papal paraphernalia ahead…