A big range of world leaders, cardinals and numerous countless worshippers are anticipated to go to Pope Francis’ funeral service on Saturday.
It is set to begin at 9am UK time in St Peter’s Square after a three-day-period of depending on state where the general public can commemorate the Pope.
The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, will lead the service.
Pope Francis, 88, passed away following a stroke that resulted in a coma and permanent cardiac arrest, the Vatican revealed.
The pope was hospitalised for numerous weeks in February, after experiencing double pneumonia. He went back to the Vatican in mid-March to recuperate.
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The very first pope from Latin America, Pope Francis led the 1.4 billion-member church considering that 2013.
Here’s who we understand is coming up until now:
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 Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Council President Antonio Costa, Parliament President Roberta MetsolaUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio GuterresUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Ireland Prime Minister Micheal MartinSwitzerland President Karin Keller-Sutter Poland President Andrzej Duda Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, outbound Chancellor Olaf ScholzItaly 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 MitsotakisFrench President Emmanuel Macron Finland President Alexander StubbNetherlands Prime Minister Cock SchoofCroatia President Zoran MilanovicCyprus President Nikos ChristodoulidesUkraine President Volodymyr ZelenskyCzech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala Hungary President Tamas SulyokEstonia President Alar KarisMoldova President Maia SanduPortugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis MontenegroArgentina President Javier Milei United States President Donald Trump and First Girl Melania TrumpBrazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and very first woman Janja Lula da Silva Dominican Republic President Luis AbinaderEcuador President Daniel NoboaEast Timor – President Jose Ramos-Horta, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito Freitas New Zealand Prime Minister ChristopherPhilippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated he would not go to the funeral service