Who's attending Pope Francis's funeral?

PARIS: The Vatican on Thursday said at least 130 foreign delegations had confirmed their attendance at Pope Francis’s funeral, including 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs. Here is a list of VIP guests whose offices have confirmed they will be in Rome on Saturday. ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei.

BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja. HONDURAS: President Xiomara Castro. UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General António Guterres.



UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump and his wife Melania. AUSTRIA: Chancellor Christian Stocker. BELGIUM: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, with Prime Minister Bart De Wever.

BULGARIA: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov. CROATIA: President Zoran Milanović, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. CZECH REPUBLIC: Prime Minister Petr Fiala.

DENMARK: Queen Mary. ESTONIA: President Alar Karis. EUROPEAN UNION: EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa.

FINLAND: President Alexander Stubb. FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron. GERMANY: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz will not attend. 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, 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 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 his wife Queen Silvia, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. UKRAINE: President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska.

UNITED KINGDOM: Prince William representing head of state King Charles III and Prime Minister Keir Starmer. ISRAEL: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See. CAPE VERDE: President José Maria Neves.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: President Faustin-Archange Touadéra. INDIA: President Droupadi Murmu. PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Liza Marcos.

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