Huge crowds expected for second day of pope lying in state—
Huge crowds were expected on Thursday for a glimpse of Pope Francis’s body on the second day of public tributes, afer St Peter’s Basilica stayed open almost all night to accomodate the crowds.
Close to 20,000 people filtered past the Catholic leader’s red-lined wooden coffin in the first eight hours of the lying in state on Wednesday.
Instead of closing at midnight, it allowed people in until 5:30am (0330 GMT) on Thursday morning, before reopening at 7:00am, the Vatican said.
