Pope Francis, who died on Monday morning at the age of 88, will be laid to rest in Rome on Saturday
Funeral of Pope Francis in Rome on Saturday: The Vatican has said that at least 130 foreign delegations, including 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs, have confirmed their attendance at the funeral of Pope Francis who passed away at Rome on Monday (April 21).
President Droupadi Murmu will represent India at Pope Francis’ funeral. President Murmu has already departed for Vatican City and is being accompanied by Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju; Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying George Kurian; and Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Joshua De Souza.
Other top world leaders who have confirmed their participation include US President Donald Trump, who is expected to arrive in Rome later today with First Lady Melania Trump; French President Emmanuel Macron, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja, Spanish King King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska, UK’s Prince William and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, among others.
List of world leaders attending funeral of Pope Francis
INDIA: President Droupadi Murmu
UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump and his wife Melania.
UKRAINE: President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska.
UNITED KINGDOM: Prince William representing King Charles III and Prime Minister Keir Starmer
FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron.
ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei.
BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja.
HONDURAS: President Xiomara Castro.
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
AUSTRIA: Chancellor Christian Stocker.
BELGIUM: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, with Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
BULGARIA: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov.
CROATIA: President Zoran Milanovic, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
ESTONIA: President Alar Karis.
EUROPEAN UNION: EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa.
FINLAND: President Alexander Stubb.
GERMANY: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
GREECE: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
HUNGARY: President Tamas Sulyok.
IRELAND: President Michael Higgins and his wife Sabina, plus Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheal Martin.
KOSOVO: President Vjosa Osmani.
LATVIA: President Edgars Rinkevics.
LITHUANIA: President Gitanas Nauseda.
MOLDOVA: President Maia Sandu.
MONACO: Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene.
THE NETHERLANDS: Prime Minister Dick Schoof, Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp.
NORTH MACEDONIA: President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.
NORWAY: Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.
POLAND: President Andrzej Duda and his wife.
PORTUGAL: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.
ROMANIA: Interim President Ilie Bolojan.
RUSSIA: Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova.
SLOVAKIA: President Peter Pellegrini.
SLOVENIA: President Natasa Pirc Musar and Prime Minister Robert Golob.
SPAIN: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.
SWEDEN: King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
ISRAEL: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See.
CAPE VERDE: President Jose Maria Neves.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: President Faustin-Archange Touadéra.
PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos and first lady Liza Marcos.
