St Peter’s Basilica has reopened for thousands of people to pay their final respects to Pope Francis for a second day, following a brief pause after keeping its doors open all night. The 16th-century basilica, where Francis’s simple wooden coffin is placed on the main altar, was scheduled to close at midnight but remained open until 5.30am to allow in those who still wished to enter. The Vatican said on Thursday morning that more than 50,000 people had viewed the late pontiff’s body in the 24 hours since the basilica opened to the faithful on Wednesday morning. About 13,000 of
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