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[ad_1] Thousands are expected to pay their last respects to the former pope, whose body will lie in state for three days. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to pay their last respects in the Vatican to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body is lying in state for three days starting Monday at St Peter’s Basilica before his funeral. The German theologian, who died on Saturday aged 95, led the Catholic Church for eight…