Who Will Attend Pope Francis’s Funeral?

PARIS: The Vatican announced on Thursday that a minimum of 130 foreign delegations have confirmed their presence for Pope Francis’s funeral, which includes 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs.

Below is a list of distinguished guests whose offices have verified their attendance in Rome this Saturday.

Americas

ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei.

BRAZIL: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja.

HONDURAS: President Xiomara Castro.

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

UNITED STATES: Former President Donald Trump and his wife Melania.

Europe

AUSTRIA: Chancellor Christian Stocker.

BELGIUM: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, along with Prime Minister Bart De Wever.

BULGARIA: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov.

CROATIA: President Zoran Milanović and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.

CZECH REPUBLIC: Prime Minister Petr Fiala.

DENMARK: Queen Mary.

ESTONIA: President Alar Karis.

EUROPEAN UNION: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa.

FINLAND: President Alexander Stubb.

FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron.

GERMANY: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and former Chancellor Olaf Scholz (incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz will not be attending).

GREECE: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

HUNGARY: President Tamás Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

IRELAND: President Michael Higgins and his wife Sabina, plus Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheál Martin.

KOSOVO: President Vjosa Osmani.

LATVIA: President Edgars Rinkēvičs.

LITHUANIA: President Gitanas Nausėda.

MOLDOVA: President Maia Sandu.

MONACO: Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene.

THE NETHERLANDS: Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp.

NORTH MACEDONIA: President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.

NORWAY: Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, along with Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.

POLAND: President Andrzej Duda and his wife.

PORTUGAL: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luís Montenegro.

ROMANIA: Interim President Ilie Bolojan.

RUSSIA: Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova.

SLOVAKIA: President Peter Pellegrini.

SLOVENIA: President Nataša Pirc Musar and Prime Minister Robert Golob.

SPAIN: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.

SWEDEN: King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, along with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

UKRAINE: President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska.

UNITED KINGDOM: Prince William representing King Charles III and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Middle East

ISRAEL: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See.

Africa

CAPE VERDE: President José Maria Neves.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: President Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

Asia

INDIA: President Droupadi Murmu.

PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Liza Marcos.