World leaders and dignitaries have converged on St Peter’s Sq. to honor Pope Francis
World leaders together with Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, and EU officers have gathered in St Peter’s Sq., the place round 200,000 mourners gathered to pay their final tributes to Pope Francis. Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21 from coronary heart failure following a stroke on the age of 88.
His funeral ceremony will start at 10 am CET (1:30 pm IST) at St Peter’s Sq. within the Vatican earlier than he’s buried at Basilica of St Mary Main in Rome.
- President
Droupadi Murmu accompanied by union minister for parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju, and minister of state George Kurian, together with Goa’s Deputy Speaker, Joshua De Souza will take part in Pope’s funeral on behalf of India. - US President Donald Trump together with First Girl Melania Trump and former President Joe Biden with spouse Jill Biden will attend the funeral.
- President of European fee Ursula von der Leyen together with French President Emmanuel Macron, Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni together with different leaders from Europe will attend the funeral.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy can even be a part of the funeral service. Nonetheless Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not going to attend the funeral, as each are going through worldwide arrest warrants associated to alleged conflict crimes. - Different VIPs embody Bangladesh Prime Minister Muhammad Yunus, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Argentinian President Javier Milei and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
For the Pope’s burial procession, his casket will journey on the modified car used throughout his 2015 go to to the Philippines, permitting mourners to see it alongside the 4-kilometre route from St Peter’s Basilica to his burial web site.
Recognized for embracing crowds, his final experience got here on Easter Sunday following hospitalisation. Breaking with current customized, Francis can be buried within the Basilica of St Mary Main in a easy tomb. Over 250,000 visited St Peter’s this week, with doorways saved open in a single day for the regular stream of mourners.
