65,000 View Benedict XVI's Body Lying in State at Vatican

65,000 View Benedict XVI's Body Lying in State at Vatican https://ift.tt/5r34TwQ Tens of thousands of people have filed by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s body as it lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica. The Vatican said that by the time the first day's viewing had ended Monday evening, some 65,000 people had filed past the retired pontiff's body in the basilica.