According to the Vatican, about 50 elected heads of state and ten reigning sovereigns have so far confirmed their participation, including the current US President Donald Trump
Former American President and his wife, Jill, will watch on Saturday (25) in Rome to the funeral of, with whom the Democratic politician had a particularly narrow relationship, indicated his office to AFP. Their spokesmen clarified that the couple travel independently and not on the current president’s plane, Republican Donald Trump, who will also attend the funeral. About 50 heads of state elected and ten reigning sovereign have so far confirmed their participation, according to the Vatican.
Biden, a fervent Catholic, repeatedly expressed his affection and admiration for Pope Francis, with whom he maintained several official and private conversations. The former president kept a photo of both in the Oval Hall. The Democrat had planned to visit the Vatican at the end of his term last January to personally deliver to the Catholic Church leader the “Presidential Freedom Medal”, the highest civil honor in the United States. However, he had to cancel the trip due to the beginning of several fires in the Los Angeles region on the west coast of the United States.
Posted by Luisa Cardoso
*With information from AFP
