VATICAN CITY: Tens of thousands of mourners paid last respects to Pope Francis at St Peter's Basilica Wednesday (Apr 23), on the first of three days of lying in state for the head of the world's Catholics. Pilgrims and tourists queued for hours to file past the open coffin of the Argentine pontiff, who died on Monday aged 88. "We wanted to say thank you to one of the most humble popes," said Portuguese medical student Francisca Antunes, 21, after leaving the Vatican basilica with a friend. "It