Funeral Francis: Diplomatic “Terris” and embarrassing meetings at VIPs that will go to the Vatican

As world leaders are heading to Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis, scheduled for Saturday, Vatican officials have a difficult equation to solve where and away from whom each of the officials will be settled to do so. Should Donald Trump sit away from Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski? Perhaps the same should happen to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Brazilian Socialist Lula or the Iranians who will go to the funeral. They may have been relieved in the Vatican by learning that Vladimir Putin does not intend to travel there for the funeral, but the dangers remain many. The Pope’s funeral is presented at the same time as an unexpected opportunity for international diplomacy, except for embarrassing co -op. The fact that the ceremony will begin at 10am on Saturday means that state leaders will have reached Italy the […]
Source: News Beast

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