Lula, Trump and Macron are among the heads of state who will participate in the Vatican ceremony
Pope Francis’ funeral, which will take place on Saturday (26.abr.2025) at 10am (5am, in Brasilia), according to Vatican confirmation, should gather hundreds of heads of state and authorities from around the world. The president (PT) that he and the first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, will go to Rome in the coming days to accompany the funeral ceremonies.
Also the US President, (Republican Party), said that, along with the first lady, Melania Trump.
On Monday (21.abr), as soon as it was announced A, world leaders used their social networks to and honor the legacy of the leader of the Catholic Church.
According to sources heard by the Ukrainian press, President Volodymyr Zelensky was expected to be expected to mark the date of the ceremony to confirm his trip.
The English royal family has also reported that it will send a member “senior”. The expectation, according to the magazine, is Prince William. It was King Charles, then Prince, who accompanied the funeral of John Paul 2, killed in 2005.
Read the leaders who have already confirmed presence:
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil;
- Donald Trump, president two United States;
- president of Argentina;
- President of France;
- Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal.
Pope Francis’ death
Pope Francis (21.abr) at the age of 88. The pontiff was in 700 years. Your death: “At 7:35 am this morning [2h35 de Brasília], The bishop of Rome, Francisco, returned to the Father’s house. All his life was devoted to the service of the Lord and his church ”.
Francisco suffered from breathing problems. By 2023, he had spent 3 days hospitalized to treat bronchitis. In March 2024, he could not complete a speech during a Vatican ceremony.
Argentine born in the city of Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was 2025 at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital in Rome, Italy, to treat bronchitis, but tests revealed bilateral pneumonia.
On February 22, the Vatican said that Francisco faced one and had to undergo a blood transfusion and that he “It was not out of danger”. The tests performed showed plateletopenia (decreased number of platelets in the blood) associated with anemia, which led to the need for transfusion. The religious and was recovering. His last public appearance was on Sunday (20.abr) ,.
Last words
On Sunday (20.br.2025), he made an appearance on the porch of the Basilica of St. Peter, during the celebration of Easter in the Vatican. In the wheelchair and struggling to speak, the high pontiff wished a “happy Easter” to the faithful.
Then he passed the word to the master of ceremonies, Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, who read the message “Urbi and the Orbi” (“To the city [de Roma] and to the world ”) of the Pope. In the end, he made the blessing before the thousands of faithful gathered in São Pedro Square.
In the message, the Pope urged politicians not to give in “To the logic of fear” And made an appeal to disarmament. “The need that each people feel to guarantee their own defense cannot become a widespread race to weaponry”he said.
Or conclave
With the death of Francisco, the cardinals – from origin of origin in the Latin “cum clave”, which means “with key” – for the choice of 267º Dad. The ritual, which goes back to the 13th century, is held in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, where cardinals under 80 come together to elect the new leader of the Roman Apostolic Catholic Church. The amount of cardinals may vary as long as it does not exceed the limit of 120.
To be elected, a candidate needs to receive 2/3 of the votes. The result is transmitted to the audience present in the Vatican and the world through a smoke that comes out of a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. It is produced by burning voting banknotes with chemicals to give the desired color. THE black smoke It means that no pope has been chosen and the vote will follow.
When a cardinal receives the necessary votes, the dean of the College of Cardinals asks if he accepts the position. If so, the elected chooses his papal name and the banknotes are burned with the chemicals that produce the white smokewhich will communicate to Choice of the new leader.
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