A funeral mass is being given in Rome for Pope Francis, with hundreds of thousands of Mourtters together with church leaders and high -level global political figures.
The World Leaders Boxes were presented to the Plaza de San Pedro on Saturday morning for the solemn Requiem Mass for Pope Francis, who died Monday morning after a disease. President Donald Trump and the first lady Melania were among the last ones to be shown to their seats before the Basilica of San Pedro, since first he was given a moment with the coffin under the dome.
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The royal family, which repeats not only the United Kingdom, but also 15 kingdoms of the Commonwealth that King Carlos III, including Canada, Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, was embodied by William, the prince of Wales. There, on behalf of the King, like other leaders, the prince was taken to the coffin and harassed his head in respect. The United Kingdom Itelf was represented by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who arrived early and spent time talking to other political leaders in the steps of the Church.
A general view of the funeral ceremony of Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi / AFP) (Photo by Tiziana Fabi / AFP through Getty Images)
The fault carriers carry the coffin of the late Pope Francis, the funeral ceremony in the Plaza de San Pedro, in the Vatican, on April 26, 2025. (Photo of Andreas Solaro / AFP) (photo of Andreas Solaro / AFP through Getty Images)
From Francis’s native, Argentina, was President Javier Milei, who had a kind of difficult relationship with the former pontiff but that in his passion he acclaimed his “indefatigable struggle … to protect the life of conception.” Many European states were represented, even by the King of Spain, the president of France Emmanuel Macron and the German president Steinmeier.
Volodyymyr Zensky from Ukraine also flew to Rome for funeral, and as reported by a BBC journalist, a handful of applause burst into the public crowd when he went out to the square.
Like the ceremony, shortly after 10:00 (0400 ET) on Saturday morning, the wood and zinc stroller, now sealed after days of an open -face vision for the public that crowded this week of San Pedro, took place on the steps. The psalm verses were recited and sung at the multitude of subsids of cardinals and bishops and a broader crowd estimated in several hundred thousand people.
After the Mass, the coffin will take to the papal basilica of Santa María Mayor, where he will be buried.
Vatican City, Vatican – April 26: The cardinals attend the funeral of Pope Francis in the Plaza de San Pedro on April 26, 2025 in the city of the Vatican, Vatican. Pope Francis died on April 21 at the age of 88. He was born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become the Pope when he was chosen in 2013. Taking the name of Francis after San Francisco de Asís Thirac. He will be buried outside the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin in the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica. (Photo of Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
The president of the United States, Donald Trump (c) and the first lady Melania Trump (c / r) are next to the leaders, including the president of France, Emmanuel Macron (L) and the president of Finland, Alexander Stubb (2l), while attending the funeral ceremony of Pope Francis Francisco in the Plaza de San Pedro in El Vaticano on April 26. of mandel ngan / AFP) (photo of Mandel Ngan / AFP Naganios))
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