World leaders arrive in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis

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World leaders, including US President Donald Trump, arrive at St. Peter’s Square in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis.

The late Pontif, whose body will be placed for rest on Saturday in Santa Maria Magor, is his favorite church in Rome, after centuries of tradition and request Simplified rituals For the party.

Dozens of global leaders are expected to attend the funeral mass, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Gigeria Miloni, Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinsky, Argentina President Yamini Miley, and Left Louise President in Lula Da Silva.

During 12 years on the papal throne, Francis He sought to make the Catholic Church – which claims 1.4 billion followers all over the world – is more sympathetic and accessible, while addressing contemporary problems such as climate change.

His death this week pushed at the age of 88 to the flow of sadness from fans, as well Maga Trump Movement.

The Vatican said that an estimated 250,000 people passed through the Church of St. Peter over the three days that Francis put in the state before his coffin was closed on Friday evening.

It is expected that members of the royal family, including Prince William, in the United Kingdom, Monarchs, Spain, Sweden and Denmark, will attend the funeral Mass on Saturday, as well as heads of international institutions such as the United Nations and the European Commission. Former US President Joe Biden is also attending.

The graphic vision expects that about 200,000 people will flow to St. Peter’s Square to obtain a funeral mass, including 220 Cardinal and about 750 bishops and priests.

The burial is the beginning of the official mourning period for a period The new Pope.

Among the first applicants, among the PITRO PAROLIN, the late Foreign Minister, the Pope, and the Cardinal Luis Talal from the Philippines and the Cardinal Friedolin Ambongo Bisongo.

Last year, Francis simplified the papal death rituals. Archbishop Diego Ravili, the master of the Apostolic Celebrations, said at the time that the changes were aimed at asserting that “the funeral of the Roman Pope is the funeral of the priest and the student of Christ, and not a strong person in this world.”

The sermon will be delivered in the funeral mass by the 91 -year -old Cardinal Giovanni Batista, which many Catholics are likely to be explained as spiritual guidelines for Cardinal voters for the traits they should search for in a new door.

After the Mass, the coffin will be taken by Hersi from St. Peter Bachelika to Santa Maria Magor, who was visited by Francis before and after each papal trip. The first Pope in more than a century will be buried outside the walls of the Vatican city.

The 5.5 -km funeral procession will pass, which will travel at a pace, many of the most famous effects in Rome, including the runway.

Although the burial will be a special ceremony, the church will openly open so that the mourners can pay respect for the deceased Pope, which will lie under a marble grave simply included “Franciskos”.

Participated in additional reports from Juliana Recusie