Mourners pay tribute to former pope Benedict XVI


Rome (AFP) – “Now I can go home peacefully,” says a mourner after seeing the body of Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Thousands of people have been queuing since dawn to pay their respects to the former pope, at the start of three days of lying-in-state at St Peter’s Basilica ahead of his funeral.

©AFP

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