Berliner Boersenzeitung - The world leaders set to attend Pope Francis's funeral

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The world leaders set to attend Pope Francis's funeral
The world leaders set to attend Pope Francis's funeral / Photo: Anna Moneymaker - GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File

The world leaders set to attend Pope Francis's funeral

Numerous world leaders have announced they will travel to Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, which is expected to draw a huge crowd in the square in front of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

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Here is a list of the expected VIP guests.

- Americas -

-- US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will attend. Trump said in a social media post: "We look forward to being there!"

-- President Javier Milei of Argentina, where the pope was born in 1936, will attend, his office said. The pope had a delicate relationship with politics in his homeland, but Milei hailed his "wisdom".

-- Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will attend with his wife Janja, his government said. Lula has said Francis "vigorously criticised the economic models that have brought so much injustice to humanity".

- UN -

-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will attend the funeral, his office said.

- Europe -

-- EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa, head of the European Council, will both travel to Rome.

-- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will attend, and Prince William will also go to represent head of state King Charles III.

-- Ireland's President Micheal Higgins and his wife will travel to Rome for the ceremony, his office said, along with Prime Minister Micheal Martin.

-- Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will attend, the royal palace said. Felipe called the pontiff "an enormous ethical beacon of our world, of our time".

-- French President Emmanuel Macron, who cut short a visit to the Indian Ocean region after the pope's death, told reporters: "We will attend the pope's funeral as we should."

-- Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also expected, along with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who will lead Germany's delegation. Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz will not attend.

-- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said Francis had "prayed for peace in Ukraine", will attend with his wife, Olena Zelenska.

-- Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who is subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant over his invasion of Ukraine, will not attend, the Kremlin said.

-- Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever will attend, as will King Philippe and Queen Mathilde.

-- Poland's President Andrzej Duda, who declared a national day of mourning for Saturday, will be among the mourners with his wife.

-- Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro will lead a delegation to the ceremony.

-- Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok confirmed his attendance, as did Austria's Chancellor Christian Stocker, and Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, who will be there with Prime Minister Robert Golob.

-- The presidents of all three Baltic states will attend: Gitanas Nauseda of Lithuania, Edgars Rinkevics of Latvia and Alar Karis of Estonia.

-- Monaco's royal family announced three days of mourning and a palace source said Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene would go to the funeral.

Other European countries sending leaders include the Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia.

(S.G.Stein--BBZ)