Thousands Gather To Pay Final Respects To Body Of Benedict XVI

By Courtney Mares and Hannah Brockhaus

The mortal remains of Benedict XVI were moved early Monday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica, where the late pope will lie in state through Jan. 4.

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, presided over a brief ritual after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s...