Pope Francis funeral on Saturday: who is attending?

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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.

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Americas

ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei

BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja

HONDURAS: President Xiomara Castro

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump and his wife Melania

Europe

AUSTRIA: Chancellor Christian Stocker

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

BULGARIA: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov

Mourners and visitors pay their respects to late Pope Francis as he lies in state in a coffin at St Peter's Basilica in The Vatican, on April 24, 2025

CROATIA: President Zoran Milanovic, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic

CZECH REPUBLIC: Prime Minister Petr Fiala

ESTONIA: President Alar Karis

EUROPEAN UNION: EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio 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 Tamas Sulyok

IRELAND: President Michael Higgins and his wife Sabina, plus Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheal Martin

KOSOVO: President Vjosa Osmani

LATVIA: President Edgars Rinkevics

LITHUANIA: President Gitanas Nauseda

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 Luis Montenegro

ROMANIA: Interim President Ilie Bolojan

RUSSIA: Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova

SLOVAKIA: President Peter Pellegrini

SLOVENIA: President Natasa 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

Middle East

ISRAEL: Yaron Sideman, Ambassador to the Holy See

Africa

CAPE VERDE: President Jose Maria Neves

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: President Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Asia

PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand Marcos and first lady Liza Marcos