Queues build at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican for lying in state of former pontiff before funeral on Thursday Thousands of Catholics have begun queueing at the Vatican to pay their respects to the former pope Benedict XVI, with some hoping he would be canonised as a saint. Benedict died on Saturday, aged 95, and his body was transferred from a Vatican monastery to St Peter's Basilica on Monday at 7am, where it will lie in state for three days before his funeral on Thursday.
Queues build at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican for lying in state of former pontiff before funeral on Thursday Thousands of Catholics have begun queueing at the Vatican to pay their respects to the former pope Benedict XVI, with some hoping he would be canonised as a saint. Benedict died on Saturday, aged 95, and his body was transferred from a Vatican monastery to St Peter's Basilica on Monday at 7am, where it will lie in state for three days before his funeral on Thursday.
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