The funeral for the late Pope Francis will start at 4 pm on Saturday (April 26) - Philippine time.

The following world leaders, heads of state and dignitaries are attending:

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA : Governor General Sam Mostyn

BANGLADESH : Interim leader Muhammad Yunus

EAST TIMOR : President Jose Ramos Horta

INDIA : President Droupadi Murmu

INDONESIA : Former president Joko Widodo

NEW ZEALAND : Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

PHILIPPINES : President Ferdinand R. Marcos



AMERICAS

ARGENTINA : President Javier Milei

BELIZE : President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

CANADA : Governor General Mary Simon

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC : President Luis Abinader

ECUADOR : President Daniel Noboa Azin

HONDURAS : President Xiomara Castro

UNITED NATIONS : UN Secretary General Antonio Gutierres

UNITED STATES : President Donald Trump

Former president Joe Biden

EUROPE



ALBANIA : President Bajram Begaj



ANDORRA : Co-Prince Joan-Enric Vives Sicilia



ARMENIA : President Vahagn Khachasturyan



AUSTRIA : President Alexander der Bellen

Chancellor Christian Stocker

BELGIUM : King Philippe and Queen Mathilde

Prime Minister Bart de WEver

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA : President Zelika Cvijanovic

BULGARCIA : Prime Minister Roseen Jeliazkov

CROATIA : President Zoran Milanovic

Prime minister Andrej Plenkovic

CYPRUS : President Nikos Christodoulides

CZECH REPUBLIC : Prime Minister Petr Fiala

DENMARK : Queen Mary



ESTONIA : President Alar Karis

EUROPEAN UNION : European Commission President Urusla von der Leyen

European Council President Antonio Costa

FINLAND : President Alexander Stubb

FRANCE : Emmanuel Macron

GEORGIA : President Mikheil Kavelashvili

GERMANY : President Frank-Walter Stenmeier

Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz

GREECE : Prime Minister Kyriaklos Mitsotakis

HUNGARY : President Tamas Sulyok

: Prime Minister Viktor Orban

ICELAND : President Halla Tomasdottir

IRELAND : President Michael Higgins

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheal Martin

ITALY: : President Sergio Mattarella

Prime minister Giorgia Meloni

KOSOVO : President Vjosa Osmani

LATVIA : President Edgars Rinkevics

LIECHTENSTEING : Hereditary Prince Alois

Hereditary Princes Sophie

LITHUANIA : President Gitanas Nauseda


LUXEMBOURG : Grand Duke Heri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa

Prime Minister Luc Frieden

MALTA : President Myriam Spiteri Debono

MOLDOVA : President Maia Sandu

MONACO : Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene

MONTENEGRO : President Jakov Milatovic

NETHERLANDS : Prime Minister Dick Schoof

NORTH MACEDONIA : President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova

NORWAY : Crown Prince Haakon

Crown Princess Mette-Marit

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide

POLAND President Andrzej Duda

PORTUGAL : President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

Prime Minister Luis Montenegro

ROMANIA : Interim president Ilie Bolojan

RUSSIA : Culture Minisgter Olga Lyubimova

SERBIA : Prime Ministger Djuro Macut\



SLOVAKIA : President Peter Pellegrini

SLOVENIA : President Natasa Pirc Musar

Prime Minister Robert Golob

SPAIN : King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia

SWEDEN : King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson

SWITZERLAND : President Karin Keller-Sutter

UKRAINE : President Volodymyr Zelensky

UNITED KINGDOM : Prince William representing King Charles

Prime Minster Keir Starmer

MIDDLE EAST

IRAN : Culture Minister Abbas Salehi representing

President Masoud Pezeshkian

ISRAEL : Ambassador Yaron Sideman

JORDAN: : King Abdullah and Queen Rania

LEBANON : President Joseph Aoun


PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY : Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa

QATAR : Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-

Al-Thani



UNITED SARAB EMIRATES : Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

AFRICA

ANGLOA : President Joao Lourenco

BURUNDI : Vice President Propser Bazombanza

CAPE VERDE : President Jose Maria Neves

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

: President Faustin-Archange Touadera

DR CONGO : President Felix Tshisekedi

GABON : President Brice Oligui Nguema

KENYA : President William Ruto

LESOTHO : King Letsie III

MADAGASCAR : President Andry Rajoelina

MOROCCO : Prime Minister Azis Akhannouch

SEYCHELLES ; President Waavel Ramkalawan

SIERRA LEONE : President Julius Maada Bio

SOUTH AFRICA : Cardinal Stephen Brislin


TOO : President Faure Gnassingbe