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 this 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. # santa maria.# outside, 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 person. it s expected around 30,000 people a day will file past the pope emeritus on each of the three days he lies in state. this is one of those once in a lifetime moments where you kind of feel quite, more and more emotional as you get closer to viewing the pope s body
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
their respects before a funeral on thursday. that will be overseen by pope francis in st. peter s square. the vatican has said that the ceremony will be a simple and solemn affair, under which he, buried in the papal tombs under the basilica. three nypd officers are recovering after a man attacked them with a machete. according to the nypd commissioner, a 19-year-old man carried out this unprovoked attack just outside a times square just outside a times square new year s eve security screening zone. that s where a man approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with a machete. he then hit two other officers before one of those officers fired his service web. that bullet hitting the suspect in the shoulder. the suspect is being treated for his injuries. the fbi, nypd, and the fbi s jttf are all investigating. meanwhile in alabama, one person was killed and nine others were injured in a shooting in mobile, alabama. it happened just last night, blocks from where