- President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda with his wife, Szymon Hołownia and Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska will go to the funeral of the Pope from Poland
- The ceremonies will be attended by numerous leaders of European countries, including Emmanuel Macron, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Giorgia Meloni, Keir Starmer and Olaf Scholz. Donald Trump and Wołodymyr Zelnski will also be present
- The leaders of South and Central American countries and delegations from Asia will also come to the Vatican. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin will not appear
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The ceremony is to participate, among others Presidents of the USA and Ukraine Donald Trump and Wołodymyr Zelnski. The Polish delegation is the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda with his wife, Szymon Hołownia and Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will be present at the funeral. The presidents of the European countries: France-Emmanuel Macron, Germany-Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Switzerland-Karin Keller-Sutter, Slovakia-Peter Pellegrini, Hungary-Tamas Sulyok, Lithuania-Gitanas Nauseda, Latvia-Latvia-Latvia-Latvia-Latvia-Latvia-Latvia-Latvia-Latvia-Latvia-Latvia-Edgars Rinkeviczs, Estonia-Alar Karis-Alar Karis-Alar, Alexander Stubb, Moldova – Maia Sandu, Croatia – Zoran Milanovic, Cyprus – Nikos Christodouldes, after the president of Romania – Ilie Bolojan.
Leaders from around the world will come to Rome
The celebrations will also be attended by leaders of South and Central America: Argentina – Javier Milei, Brazil – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Dominican Republic – Luis Abinader, Ecuador – Daniel Noboa.
Among the heads of government who will go to the Vatican, there are to be: Olaf Scholz from Germany, Keir Starmer from Great Britain, Micheal Martin from Ireland, Ulf Kristersson from Sweden, Petr Fiala from the Czech Republic, Bart de Wever from Belgium Kyriakos Mitsotakis from Greek and Rosen Żelazkow from Bulgaria. Portugal will be represented by both President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.
The chairman of the European Commission – Ursula von der Leyen, the European Council – Antonio Costa and the European Parliament – Robert Metsool will also participate in the funeral ceremonies.
In Rome, the King and Queen of Belgians Filip and Matilda, King of Sweden, Charles XVI Gustaw with Queen Sylwia, as well as the King of Spain Filip VI with Queen Letycja will also present in Rome. The successor of the British throne, Prince William and the Norwegian Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit also announced the presence.
Delegations from Asia countries
From the Asian leaders, the presence at the funeral of Pope Francis was confirmed by the presidents of the Philippines and Eastern Timor – Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Jose Ramos-Horta and Vice President of Taiwan Chen Chien-Yen. New Zealand will be represented by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
Israel will be represented by a lower -level delegation – the Ambassador of the Israel at the Holy See Jaron Sideman will take part in the funeral. Official Israeli institutions in response to the death of the Pope are limited to reproducing the news of President Icchak Hercog. So far, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has not referred to the death of the Pope.
However, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin does not intend to go to the funeral, which the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pieskov informed about.
The funeral of Pope Francis
Franciszek died on Monday at 7:35 at the age of 88. The cause of death was stroke, coma and irreversible cardiological collapse.
The Pope's funeral ceremonies will start on Saturday at 10 at Saint Peter Square in the Vatican. After the mass, the coffin with the pope's body will be transported to the Basilica of the Larger Mother, where he will be buried according to his will.
