World leaders come to Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral

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The world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, are going to St. Peter’s Square in Rome for the funeral of the novel.

The body to relax in Sante Maria Maggiore on Saturday, his favorite Roman church will be tested with tradition for centuries Simplified rites for the ceremony.

Global leaders’ scores, French President Emmanuel Macman, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Argentina’s right-wing President Javier Milea and Brazil Leave Inácio Lula are also expected to take part in Silva.

On the papal throne during the 12-year period, Francis Catholic church – who claims that there are 1.4 billion viewers in the world – those who are more compassionate and accessible to modern problems such as climate change.

At the age of 88, these weeks, those who are saddened by fans, but also separated from critics including reputable members Trump’s Maga Movement.

The Vatican, about 250,000 people, said 250,000 people passed through St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis, slept in the state before the coffin was sealed on Thursday.

Royals, including the monarchs of Prince William and Spain, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden and Denmark, as well as the heads of international organizations such as the UN and European Commission are expected to be attended. Former US President Joe Biden is also involved.

According to the holy view, about 200,000 people expect the funeral mass, including 220 cardinal and about 750 bishops and priests to flow to St. Peter’s Square.

Burial notes the beginning of the nine-day official mourning period, then it will be locked in the Vatican for a secret closure to be elected to the cardinal under the age of 80 The new pope.

Includes early frontrunners, Cardinal Pietro password, the late Pope’s Secretary of State, Philippines and Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungo Cardinal Luis Tagle.

Last year, Francis Papal simplified the revelations of death. Ashiyopop Diego Ravelli, the master of the apostolic ceremonies, the funeral of the “body of the Roman Pope’s body was not a strong person in the world,” he said.

Homily, Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 91-year-old Catholic, a 91-year-old Catholic, is likely to be interpreted as the moral management of the 91-year-old Catholic.

After the crowd, Francis will be taken from St. Peter’s Basilica to Francis, who visited before and after each hat trip. There will be the first papa that is more than a century to be buried outside the walls of the Vatican.

5.5 km funeral will travel at the pace of the walk, the most famous monuments of the novel, including Coliseum.

Although the burial was a special ceremony, after a while, the church will be opened after a while, so “Franciscus” will be able to respect the late Pope to sleep under the marble tombstone.

Additional report by Giuliana Ricozzi