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Recalling Benedict’s grace but also the storms of his papacy

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The Independent UK

Tens of thousands queue to pay tribute to ex-pope Benedict

Vatican City (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people paid their respects on Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state in St Peter's Basilica before his funeral.

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Benedict aide's tell-all book will expose 'dark maneuvers'

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s longtime personal secretary has written a tell-all book that is coming out this month

The Independent UK

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI heralded as ‘servant of all’ by Cardinal Cupich at Holy Name Cathedral

Benedict, the first pontiff to resign in 600 years, died Saturday at 95. The conservative theologian stepped down in 2013 after guiding the church’s 1.2 billion Catholics for eight years.

Chicago Sun-Times

Celtic fans disturb Ibrox disaster minute's silence with boos as Rangers support issue furious response

The Parkhead club said in a statement before the match that the silence was also to remember Hoops strike legend Frank McGarvey, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pele.

Daily Record

Tens of thousands pay tribute to ex-pope Benedict at lying-in-state

Vatican City (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people paid their respects Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state at St Peter's Basilica before his funeral.

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Pope Benedict's emotional final words before dying revealed by archbishop

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s "last comprehensible words" have been revealed, as his body now lies at St Peter’s Basilica, in the Vatican City, Rome, to allow the faithful to pay respects

Daily Mirror

Celtic confirm black armband tribute with minute's silence held at Rangers clash

The Parkhead club have confirmed black armbands will be worn with a minute's silence before the match in respect to victims of the Ibrox disaster.

The National (Scotland)

Thousands queue to pay tribute as the body of retired pope Benedict XVI lies in state

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 's body lay in state in St. Peter's Basilica on Monday as thousands of people filed by to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked the world by retiring a decade ago.

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Watch: Pope Benedict XVI lying in state at the Vatican begins

The body of former Pope Benedict XVI is lying in state in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican for mourners to pay their respects. The doors of St Peter's Basilica opened for viewing by the public at just after 9am local time. Public viewing lasts for 10 hours on Monday…

Evening Standard

Pope Benedict XVI’s lying in state begins in Vatican as thousands expected to pay their respects

Former pope’s body will lie in state until his funeral on Thursday

The Independent UK

Thousands pay tribute to ex-pope Benedict at lying-in-state

Vatican City (AFP) - Thousands of Catholics paid their respects Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state at St Peter's Basilica before his funeral.

AFP

Celtic to pay respects to Frank McGarvey during Rangers derby after Ibrox disaster tribute

Former Celtic striker McGarvey died on New Year's Day after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer several months ago. A minute's silence will also take place to remember the victims of the Ibrox Disaster.

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Reuters

Tens of thousands view body of former Pope Benedict

A steady stream of tens of thousands of people filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body was laying in state without any papal paraphernalia ahead of his funeral this week.

Evening Standard

Pope Benedict XVI: Lying in state at the Vatican begins

Tens of thousands of people are paying their respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as they file past his body

Radio France Internationale

Thousands queue to pay their respects to former pope Benedict XVI

Thousands of Catholics began paying their respects on Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome, at the start of three days of lying-in-state before his funeral.

The National (Scotland)

Tens of thousands to pay tribute to Pope Benedict XVI as lying in state begins

THOUSANDS of people are expected to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI when his lying in state begins at the Vatican on Monday.

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The Independent UK

Thousands line up for viewing of Benedict's body at Vatican

Thousands of people are lining up across St. Peter's Square to view the body in St. Peter's Basilica of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

AFP

Catholics pay tribute to ex-pope Benedict at lying-in-state

Vatican City (AFP) - Thousands of Catholics began paying their respects Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state before his funeral.

AFP

Body of ex-pope Benedict to lie in state at Vatican

Vatican City (AFP) - Catholics will on Monday be able to pay their respects in the Vatican to former pope Benedict XVI, whose body will lie in state for three days at St Peter's Basilica before his funeral.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cardinal Cupich to hold Mass for Pope Benedict at Holy Name Cathedral on Monday

The Mass will be followed later in the week by a series of six additional memorial masses held by auxiliary bishops at other churches of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

The Guardian - UK

Benedict XVI: thousands expected to pay respects to former pope

Benedict’s body displayed in chapel of the Vatican monastery and will lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica

Daily Mirror

Catholics across the world pray for late Pope Benedict XVI as his body lies in state

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Pope Benedict XVI passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning in the Vatican quarters he lived in after his ailing health forced him to step down as the head of the Catholic Church in 2013

The Independent UK

Benedict death paves way for protocols to guide future popes

The death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has unfolded in an entirely un-papal-like manner: There were no bells tolling in St. Peter's Basilica, no solemn announcement in a Vatican City square and no mobilizing of official delegations to Rome

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