Queues build up ahead of Thursday’s funeral for ex-pope, with more people expected
More than 135,000 people have already flocked to the Vatican, a day before the funeral on Thursday of the former pope Benedict XVI – an unprecedented ceremony in the modern history of the Catholic church given he will be buried by the incumbent, Pope Francis.
Benedict died on Saturday, aged 95, almost a decade after becoming the first pope in 600 years to resign.
