Lula, Trump, Milei: Leaders gather in the Pope’s funeral; See list

Several world leaders gathered at the Vatican this Saturday (26) to accompany Pope Francis’ funeral.

The ceremony took place in São Pedro Square. Shortly after the funeral, a funeral procession took the pontiff’s body to the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where Francis was buried.

Check out the list of leaders who were on the funeral:

• Argentina: President Javier Milei, Secretary General of Presidency Karina Milei, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich
• Italy: President Sergio Matarrela and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
• Andorra: Coprincipe Joan Enric Vives I Sicily
• Belgium: King Philip and Queen Matilde
• Denmark: Queen Maria
• Abu Dhabi: Prince Heir Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed al nahyan
• Spain: King Philip VI and Queen Letizia
• Jordan: King Abdullah II and Queen Rania
• Lesotho: KING LETSIE IIL
• Liechtenstein: prince heir Aloísio and Princess heiress Sofia
• Luxembourg: Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henrique
• Monaco: Prince Alberto II and Princess Consort Charlene
• Order of Malta: Prince and 81st Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order fra ‘John Dunlap
• Sweden: King Carlos XVI Gustavo and Queen Consort Silvia
• Albania: King Bajram Begaj and First Lady Armanda Begaj
• Germany: President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, first lady Elke Büdenbender, Bundestag President Julia Klöckner, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz
• Angola: President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço and First Lady Ana Afonso Dias Lourenço
• Armenia: President Vahagn Khachaturyan and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vahan Kostanyan
• Australia: Governor General Sam Master
• Austria: President Alexander Van Der Bellen and First Lady Doris Schmidauer
• Belize: Governor General Froyla Tzalam
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Serbian member of the presidency to Zelika Cvijanović
• Brazil: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, First Lady Rosângela Lula da Silva
• Canada: Governor General Mary Simon
• Cape Verde: President José Maria Neves
• Cyprus: President Nikos Christodoulides
• Central African Republic: chairman Faustin-Archange Touadéra
• Democratic Republic of Congo: President Félix Tshisekedi

  Croatia: President Zoran Milanović

  Ecuador: President Daniel Noboa

  Estonia: President Alar Karis

  United States: President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump

  Finland: President Alexander Stubb

  France: President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron

  Gabon: Transition President Brice Oligui Nguema

  Georgia: President Mikhail Kavelachvil

  Honduras: President Iris Xiomara Castro de Zelaya

  Hungary: President Tamas Soyok

  India: President Droupadi mutter

  Indonesia: President Joko Widodo

  Ireland: President Michael Daniel Higgins

  Iceland: President Halla TómasDóttir

  Kenya: President William Rut

  Latvia: President Edgars Rinkēvičs

  Lebanon: President Joseph Khalil Aoun

  Lithuania: President Gitanas Nausėda

  Macedonia: Gordan President Siljanovska-Davkova

  Madagascar: President Andry Nirina Rajoelina

  Malta: President Myriam Spiteri Debon

  Moldavia: President Maia Sandu

  Mozambique: President Daniel Chapo

  Montenegro: President Jakov Milatović

  Philippines: President Ferdinand RomualDida Marcos Jr.

  Poland: President Andrzej Duda

  Portugal: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

  Dominican Republic: President Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona

  Romania: President Ilie-Gavril Bolojan

  San Marino: Captain Regent Denise Bronzetti

  Seicheles: President Wavel Ramkalawa

  Sierra Leone: President Julius Maada Wonie Bio

  Slovakia: President Peter Pellegrini

  Slovenia: President Natasa Pirc Musar

  Switzerland: President Karin Keller-Sutter

  Timor-Leste: President José Ramos Horta

  Togo: President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé

  Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky

  European Union: Chairman of the Ursula Von Der Leyen Commission, Chairman of the António Costa Council

  United Kingdom: Prince William

  Andorra: Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora

  Bangladesh: Prime Minister Muhammad Yunus

  Belgium: Prime Minister Bart de Wever

  Bulgaria: Prime Minister Rosen ZhelyAzkov

  Greece: Prime Minister Kyriákos Mitsotákis

  Luxembourg: Prime Minister Luc Frieden

  Morocco: Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch

  New Zealand: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

  Palestine: Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa

  Netherlands: Prime Minister Dick Schoof

  Qatar: Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al Thani

  United Kingdom: Prime Minister Keir Strmer

  Serbia: Hard Prime Minister Macut

  Sweden: Prime Minister ULF KRISTERSSON

  Tchéquia: Prime Minister Petr Fiala

  Colombia: First Lady Verónica Alcocer García

  Burundi: Vice President Prosper Bazombaz

  Cuba: Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa

  El Salvador: Vice President Felix Ulloa Garay

  Guinea Ecuadoria: Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue

  Tanzania: Vice President Philip Isor Mpango
  Zimbabwe: Vice President Costantino Guveya Dominic Nykadzino Chiwenga

Other countries and organizations also sent representatives to accompany the Pope’s funeral, check out the list:

• Mexico: Rosa Icela Rodríguez Interior Secretary
• Chile: Senator Manuel José Ossandón Irarázabal
• Paraguay: Deputy Raúl Luis Latorre Martínez
• Japan: Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeshi Iwayaya
• Peru: Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer
• Uruguay: Minister of Foreign Affairs Mario Lubetkin
• Venezuela: Minister of Foreign Affairs Yván Gil
• UN: Secretary-General António Guterres
• WHO: Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
• Bolivia: Ambassador Teresa Susana Subiieta Serrano
• Iran: Minister of Culture Seyed Abbas Saleh Shariati
• Russia: Minister of Culture Olga Borisovna Lyubimova
• Guatemala: Minister Liwy del Carmen Grazioso Sierra
• Iraq: President of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechirvan Idris Barzani
• Israel : Ambassador Yaron Sideman
• Nicaragua: Ambassador Maurizio Gelli

Pope Francis’ funeral took place this Saturday (26) and lasted about two hours and ten minutes.

United States President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky met before the Vatican City ceremony and had a “very productive discussion.”

According to Steven Cheung, White House Communications Director, the leaders “met in particular today and had a very productive conversation.”

“More details about the meeting will be released soon,” he said.

Already the president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, commented that he did not see Donald Trump.

When questioned by journalists, Lula said he didn’t even see the Republican because there were many people at the ceremony and therefore did not have the opportunity to greet him.

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died at the age of 88 after a stroke, followed by irreversible heart failure.

*Under supervision by Tiago Tortella, from CNN

This content was originally published in Lula, Trump, Milei: Leaders gather in the Pope’s funeral; See list on the CNN Brazil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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