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How world leaders will sit at Pope Francis' funeral in the Vatican/ Thousands of young people among those present in St. Peter's Basilica Square
2025-04-26 10:10:03 / BOTA
Papal funerals bring world leaders together like no other event. The dozens of leaders gathered at the Vatican today will sit in alphabetical order of their nations, in French, the traditional language of diplomacy.
This means that US President Donald Trump will sit between the leaders of Estonia and Finland, as the USA in French is "États-Unis".
Francis' procession from the Vatican to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome is a curiosity.
As pope, Francis has often left the Vatican, traveling to the far corners and peripheries of the globe. It is fitting that he should make one last trip outside the Vatican walls.
St. Peter's Square in the Vatican is beginning to fill with mourners and the choir is practicing the hymns it will soon sing to the world.
There are young people in the crowd, a testament to the broad calling of Pope Francis.
For starters, a Book of the Gospels will be placed in Francis' coffin. The Gospels tell the life and teachings of Jesus Christ - something Pope Francis tried to follow throughout his life.
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