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A steady stream of people filed into St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body will lie in state in front of the main altar until his funeral later this week.

Faithful queue to enter St. Peter’s Basilica to pay homage to former Pope Benedict at the Vatican, January 2, 2023.Faithful queue to enter St. Peter’s Basilica to pay homage to former Pope Benedict at the Vatican, January 2, 2023.

His body, dressed in red and gold liturgical vestments, was placed on a simple dais, with two Swiss guards standing on either side as the faithful walked by.

 

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