recover services, get back to delivering the long term plan and transform the nhs for the future. and all this comes with more strike action planned by nhs workers this month. catherine burns, bbc news. tens of thousands of people have been paying their respects to the former pope, benedict xvi. following his death at the weekend, his body is now lying in state, in st peter s basilica at the vatican. mourners will be able to file past the casket until the funeral on thursday. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool reports. at dawn, the late pope was moved from the monastery in the vatican where he died, for the short, solemn private procession to st peter s basilica. # santa maria.# there he was, taken through the nave to be placed in front of the altar. 0utside, while the ceremony was taking place, thousands had formed a queue that
following his death at the weekend, his body is now lying in state in st peter s basilica at the vatican. mourners will be able to file past the casket before the funeral on thursday. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool reports. at dawn, the late pope was moved from the monastery in the vatican where he died, for the short, solemn private procession to st peter s basilica. # santa maria.# there he was, taken through the nave to be placed in front of the altar. 0utside, while the ceremony was taking place, thousands had formed a queue that snaked around st peter s square. these were among the first allowed in through the doors to pay their respects. in just the first five hours, vatican police say 40,000 people filed past benedict xvi,
thousands of people have begun paying their respects to the former pope, benedict the sixteenth. following his death at the weekend, his body is now lying in state, in st peter s basilica at the vatican. mourners will be able to file past the casket before the funeral on thursday. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool reports. at dawn, the late pope was moved from the monastery in the vatican where he died, for the short, solemn private procession to saint peter s basilic. # santa maria.#. there he was, taken through the nave to be placed in front of the altar. 0utside, while the ceremony was taking place, thousands had formed a queue that snaked around st peter s square. these were among the first allowed in through the doors to pay their respects. in just the first five hours,
following his death at the weekend, his body is now lying in state, in st peter s basilica at the vatican. mourners will be able to file past the casket until the funeral on thursday. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool reports. at dawn, the late pope was moved from the monastery in the vatican where he died, for the short, solemn private procession to st peter s basilica. # santa maria.# there, he was taken through the nave to be placed in front of the altar. 0utside, while the ceremony was taking place, thousands had formed a queue that snaked around st peter s square. these were among the first allowed in through the doors to pay their respects. in just the first five hours, vatican police say 40,000 people filed past benedict xvi, and they came from all over the catholic world. it s just one of those once
in a strike on kyiv. president biden is among world leaders who have paid tribute to pope benedict xvi, who has died at the age of 95. the former pontiff will lie in state at st peter s basilica in the vatican from monday. his funeral will take place on thursday. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool looks back now at his life. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned the first pope to do so in 600 years. bells toll. the passing of the man considered by hundreds of millions around the world to represent a direct link to jesus was announced by his successor. translation: we are moved as we recall him as such i