Photo Ilie Bolojan, behind Donald Trump. Images published by Presidential Administration after Pope Francis's funeral
Ilie Bolojan, behind Donald Trump, at the funerals of Pope Francis, on Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Saint Peter Square in the Vatican. Photo source: presidency.ro
The Presidential Administration of Romania published photos with the participation of interim president Ilie Bolojan in the funerals of Pope Francis, on Saturday, in the Vatican, where leaders from all over the world were present, including the United States, Donald Trump.
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emil Hurezeanu, were also part of the Romanian delegation. In our country a national mourning day was decreed for today, April 26.
According to estimates, at least 400,000 people were present at the Vatican and on the streets of Rome on Saturday, to say goodbye to the one known as “Pope of the Poor”. Some came from other continents and remembered, for Hotnews, the lessons offered by Pope Francis they will always keep.
Leaders from over 150 countries participated in the Liturgy in Saint Peter Square.
In the message transmitted after the death of the Pontiff, the interim president of Romania described the late Roman Catholic leader as a “symbol of humility, compassion and unwavering commitment to peace and social justice.”
“I learned with deep pain about the passing of his sanctity Pope Francis. In these moments of mourning and deep sadness, they send condolences to Catholics in Romania and from all over the world, as well as to all those for whom Pope Francis was a guiding spiritual light. High Priest Pope Francis was also a precious friend who deeply cherished the spiritual essence of the Romanian people.
Pope Francis died on Monday, on the second Easter day, at the age of 88, and was buried on Saturday at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in the Esquilino neighborhood of Rome.
