UPI By A.L. Lee
Jan. 2 (UPI) — Thousands of people from around the world began paying their final respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Monday as the former pontiff’s body lay in state at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Benedict’s remains, clothed in a traditional red cloak, were ceremoniously transferred to the basilica from Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City, where the former pope spent the final years of his life and died Saturday at age 95.
The pope’s head, topped by a Bishop mitre, rested on two crimson pillows as his body was carried inside the basilica on a wooden stretcher draped by fine cloth. His hands and fingers were clasped around a rosary.
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