Doors to St Peter’s Basilica open to the public as mourners pay their respects to the late pontiff following his death at the age of 95.
Sky news – Thousands of people are paying their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI as his body lies in state at the Vatican.
Doors to St Peter’s Basilica were opened to the public on Monday morning as mourners pay their respects to the late pontiff, who died on Saturday at the age of 95.
Members of the public, some of whom had waited for hours in the dampness before dawn, filed past his body.
Benedict will lie in the open at the centre of the famous basilica ahead of his funeral on Thursday morning.
