A big array of world leaders, cardinals and a whole bunch of hundreds of worshippers are attending Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday.
The funeral began at 9am UK time in St Peter’s Square after a three-day-period of mendacity in state the place the general public pays tribute to the Pope.
The dean of the Faculty of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, is main the service.
Pope Francis, 88, died following a stroke that led to a coma and irreversible coronary heart failure, the Vatican introduced.
The pope was hospitalised for a number of weeks in February, after affected by double pneumonia. He returned to the Vatican in mid-March to get well.
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The primary pope from Latin America, Pope Francis led the 1.4 billion-member church since 2013.
Right here’s who we all know is in attendance:
Royal Households
- Prince William, on behalf of the King
- Belgium King Philippe and Queen Mathilde
- Spain King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain
- Norway Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit
World leaders
- EU Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, Council President Antonio Costa, Parliament President Roberta Metsola
- United Nations Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
- Eire Prime Minister Micheal Martin
- Switzerland President Karin Keller-Sutter
- Poland President Andrzej Duda
- Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz
- Italy President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
- Latvia President Edgars Rinkevics
- Lithuania President Gitanas Nauseda
- Romania Interim President Ilie Bolojan
- Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
- French President Emmanuel Macron
- Finland President Alexander Stubb
- Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof
- Croatia President Zoran Milanovic
- Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides
- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky
- Czech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala
- Hungary President Tamas Sulyok
- Estonia President Alar Karis
- Moldova President Maia Sandu
- Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro
- Argentina President Javier Milei
- US President Donald Trump and First Girl Melania Trump
- Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and first woman Janja Lula da Silva
- Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader
- Ecuador President Daniel Noboa
- East Timor – President Jose Ramos-Horta, Minister of Overseas Affairs and Cooperation Bendito Freitas
- New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher
- Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned he wouldn’t attend the funeral
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