Pope Francis
Laid To Relaxation In Rome
… Trump & Melania Attend Funeral
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Pope Francis made it to his remaining resting place … and President Trump and Melania watched in individual, attending the late pontiff’s funeral in Rome from the entrance row.
Francis — who publicly opposed Trump’s strategy to a number of points like immigration and local weather change — was laid to relaxation Saturday morning in a largely plain coffin on the Basilica of St. Mary Main … following a funeral mass at St. Peter’s Sq..
He is the primary pope in additional than a century to be buried exterior of the Vatican … the final one was Leo XIII, who died manner again in 1903.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re — the dean of the Faculty of Cardinals — presided over the mass … and he’ll be instrumental in deciding on the following pope.
Francis was given a grand sendoff by about 200,000 guests who descended on Rome … together with world leaders from over 100 international locations.
Trump and Melania had been there … and so was Joe and Jill Biden, Prince William, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, Argentinian President Javier Milei, and others.
Good assembly. We mentioned loads one on one. Hoping for outcomes on every little thing we coated. Defending lives of our folks. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Dependable and lasting peace that may forestall one other conflict from breaking out. Very symbolic assembly that has potential to… pic.twitter.com/q4ZhVXCjw0
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 26, 2025
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Simply minutes earlier than the funeral started, Trump and Zelensky met within the coronary heart of the Vatican — and Zelensky even described it as a “good” and “symbolic assembly,” thanking Trump for the chance to speak.
Earlier than his dying, Francis requested for his tomb to be “within the floor; easy, with out explicit ornament, and with the only real inscription: Franciscus.”
The funeral is the beginning of the Novemdiales … a 9-day mourning interval with particular lots each day.
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The cardinals will convene subsequent month to elect a brand new pope … the conclave begins 15 to twenty days after the pope dies, placing this begin date between Could 6 and Could 11.
