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Faithful queue around the clock to see the Pope: Vatican abandons plans to close St Peter's Basilica overnight as 20,000 - including Italian PM Giorgia Meloni - line up to see Francis on first day

Some 19,430 people had been to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City 'to pay homage to Pope Francis' less than 12 hours after his coffin was transferred there.