Vatican City (AP) – Up to 200,000 people should attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Place Saint -Pierre because he is resting on Saturday.
While dignitaries must attend, prisoners and migrants will introduce him into the basilica where he will be buried, reflecting his priorities as a pope.
US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, UN chief and European Union leaders join Prince William and the Spanish royal family will be present.
Francis breaks with recent tradition and will be buried in the Saint-Mary Major basilica, where a simple underground tomb awaits him with just his name: Franciscus.
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The Vatican says that around 200,000 people flocked to the funeral mass of Pope Francis
The brief statement did not specify if it was alone in Saint-Pierre square.
The mourning people were aligned via Della Concilaazione, who leads to the Vatican, and followed the mass on the large screens of the public squares in Rome, including outside the major basilica of Santa Maria.
Trump and Zelenskyy meet before the service
It is according to Zelenskyy’s press office.
The White House communications director Steven Cheung confirmed the meeting and said they “met in private today and had a very productive discussion”.
“More details on the meeting will follow,” he said.
Shortly after his arrival in Rome last Friday, Trump said on social networks that Ukraine and Russia should come together for “very high level talks” at the end of the three -year war launched by the invasion of Russia. His envoy, Steve Witkoff, met Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier Friday, and Trump said the two parties were “very close to an agreement”.
The funeral mass of Pope Francis begins in a crowded Saint-Pierre
Tens of thousands flocked to the funeral, which Francis choreographed when he revised and simplified the rites and rituals of the Vatican last year.
The wearers wear a single wooden coffin from Pope Francis
They wore the coffin, adorned with a crucifix and coat of arms of Francis, in the central aisle of the Saint-Pierre basilica and on the square at the beginning of its funeral.
The Cardinals of Robed bordered the way and followed behind while the crowd of the square broke out in applause with a sign of respect.
Cardinals Flank Pope’s Cycy
The cardinals in rich red dresses formed a double line in the Saint-Pierre basilica, flanking the coffin while it was transported to the square for the funeral mass. The bearers raised the coffin to applaud the place.

Trump takes place for the funeral
Trump and his wife, Melania, were escorted from the Saint-Pierre basilica to their seats for the service.
He was subsequently followed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was greeted by a burst of public applause.
Giant photographs of Carlo Acutis Views on Place Saint-Pierre
Acutis was supposed to have been canonized on Sunday as the first holy millennium of the Catholic Church.
The Vatican suspended the ceremony after the death of Pope Francis, but many people who had planned to be in Rome for canonization came anyway to attend the funeral. Advertisers asked all the flags and banners to be lowered while the funeral started.
Bells Toll to point out the start of the procession
The coffin of Francis will be brought from the Saint-Pierre basilica at the front of the altar on the square.
The mourning people were invited to refrain from waving flags or banners during the procession.
The mourning people led in the prayer of the rosary while the dignitaries take place at the funeral of Pope Francis
World leaders and royalty were seated to the right of the main altar.
The president of the EU Ursula von der Leyen commission, the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the Argentinian president Javier Milei all made their way to their siege.
Argentinian and Italian leaders have a place of pride in the order of the seats.
Trump arrives at the funeral to pay tribute to Pope Francis
The American president clashed with the Pope on immigration, the climate and other questions.

Mourning people remember Pope Francis
They talked about the pontiff in emotional terms while queuing via Della Concilaazione for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saint-Pierre square.
Miguel Vaca, a pilgrim from Peru, aligned at 7 a.m.
“He was a very charismatic pope, very human, very kind, especially very human,” said Vaca. “It’s a great emotion to say goodbye.

The Italian pilgrim Pasquale Vezza headed for the place with his family. He said that the pope “was a bit like everyone’s grandfather”.
“We will miss a lot as a person, as a pope. … Now we hope there will be a continuation, especially his message of peace,” said Vezza.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy arrives in Rome for papal funerals
Zelenskyy arrived in Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis.
His press office confirmed her arrival, joining the first lady Olena Zelenska, who preceded him.
The presence of Zelenskyy was questioned after a recent missile attack.
The Pope’s coffin will be placed at the back of a potemobile used during a trip to the Philippines
The pope will take a more turn in front of the faithful on one of his beloved potemobiles.
The Vatican says that for the funeral procession on Saturday, his coffin will be placed at the back of a potemobile used during his trip in 2015 in the Philippines.

The vehicle has been changed so that the coffin is visible for mourning people along the nearly 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) of the Saint-Pierre basilica at its burial.
The Pope was reveling to be led through crowds of faithful, whether on Saint-Pierre square or on one of his many foreign journeys. His last was on Easter Sunday, when he completed around Saint-Pierre to the delight of the faithful who had followed his hospitalization of 5 weeks for pneumonia and his recovery to the Vatican.
A calabria parish group camped all night to get a good place
The 13 spent the night in a neighboring place. They already came to Rome for the planned canonization of the first Saint Millennium on Sunday, which was suspended by the death of Francis. Instead, they drove a day earlier for his funeral.
“The Lord wanted this in this way, so we came all the same,” said Sandra de Felice d’Ania in the Calabria region. For me, this is a sign that we must be really humble and charities. Otherwise, we are nothing.
Breed of mourning people to find a place in St Peter’s Square
People in ordinary mourning sank on Saturday to obtain a place in a standing room near the back of the square surrounding the old obelisk, behind VIP seats. The area on the left of the main altar, at the top of the basilica, is reserved for celebrants and the Catholic hierarchy, while world leaders and royalty will be seated on the right.
Many ran to the square while the barricades opened. Some brought banners for the holy year of the jubilee that Francis opened in December and will continue despite his death on Monday after a stroke.
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