people spend the night outside the stadium, hoping for a chance to go past. from inside the stadium, our correspondent katy watson sent this update. people have been queueing here since dawn and they will be queueing throughout the night. it has been a really hot day in santos, it is peak summer here, but that has not put people off, and the queues have been getting bigger and bigger outside. now i ve seen people here, they ve been crying, they have been clapping, people have even been getting on the ground and worshipping pele. the casket is open, there is a brazilian flag draped over it. i think there s a sense of reflection here. certainly, people have travelled from across brazil, young and old, people who remembered him playing but also parents, grandparents bringing children because they want to show the importance of pele, notjust for football but for brazil and brazilian culture, too. i spoke to one person who said that it is not pele who has died, it is edson, which was his re
beginnings, nevertook for granted what he had, used to use rolled up socks and fruit as a football ball when he was growing up, he played barefoot like a lot of brazilian kids, the opportunities football gave them he neverforgot we came from and that came across with a talking to a king or president or talking to a kid from a slum, he was the same guy, that s why people loved him and gravitated to him because he was such a humble, thankful type of player and person. what did you make of him as a man when you interviewed him? if you told me i was talking to the greatest football player of his generation i would not have believed you, he was just another guy, you could joke with him, you could makejokes about him, he was very humble and self deprecating, just a really, i ve talked to a lot of great footballers, and today s generation is a little different, pele was just a guy, a normal human being, and again i think that is a big part of his legacy,
now i ve seen people here, they ve been crying, they have been clapping, people have even been getting on the ground and worshipping pele. the casket is open, there is a brazilian flag draped over it. i think there s a sense of reflection here. certainly, people have travelled from across brazil, young and old, people who remembered him playing but also parents, grandparents bringing children because they want to show the importance of pele, notjust for football but for brazil and brazilian culture, too. i spoke to one person who said that it is not pele who has died, it is edson, which was his real name, pele will endure. another one said that we don t have a monarchy but pele was our king. and i think thatjust shows how important pele was and still is for so many brazilians. now, after 2a hours of a wake, the coffin will then be paraded through the city of santos, followed by a family burial later on tuesday.
was our king. and i think thatjust shows how important pele was and still is for so many brazilians. now, after 24 hours of a wake, the coffin will then be paraded through the city of santos, followed by a family burial later on tuesday. 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. our 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
who remembered him playing want to show the importance of pele, notjust for football but for brazil and brazilian culture, too. i spoke to one person who said that it is not pele who has died, it is edson, which was his real name, pele will endure. another one said that we don t have a monarchy but pele was our king. and i think thatjust shows how important pele was and still is for so many brazilians. now, after 2a hours of a wake, the coffin will then be paraded through the city of santos, followed by a family burial later on tuesday. kevin baxter is a sports writer for the la times and interviewed pele on two occasions. hejoins me now. you have met pele, what made him as a footballer such a great man? him as a footballer such a great man? him as a footballer such a ureat man? ., , ., great man? he transformed the name great man? he transformed the game there great man? he transformed the game there have great man? he transformed the game there have been - great man? he transfor