Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, at 7:35 p.m. He was 88. Since the announcement of his death, faithful from all over the planet have come to the Vatican to say goodbye to the head of the Catholic Church and pay tribute to him.
Where to watch Pope Francis' funeral?
The following TVP1, TVP Info, TVP Polonia, Polsat News, TVN24 and EWTN Polska will be available on Saturday.
The event will besides be available online on the Vatican News Polska YouTube channel, as well as on streaming platforms of tv stations specified as VOD TVP and news portals.
Since Wednesday, April 23, the coffin with the Pope's body has been exhibited in St Peter's Basilica, where the faithful have the chance to personally say goodbye to the Holy Father, which can besides be seen as part of the broadcast on Vatican News Polska channel.
A programme of celebrations was besides given:
9:50 – the beginning of the transmission of the Holy Mass
Celebration led by cardinals. Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals
Putting the Pope's body to the grave
Who will attend the ceremony of Pope Francis? Here's the list
More than 130 delegations will participate in ceremony ceremonies, including 50 heads of state and 10 crowned heads. president Andrzej Duda and his wife, who declared national mourning that day, talker of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia and talker of the legislature of Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, will be present from Poland.
They confirmed their presence:
US president Donald Trump
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski
French president Emmanuel Macron
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Italian president Sergio Mattarella
President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda
Latvian president Edgars Rinkēvičs
President of Estonia Alar Karis
Finnish president Alexander Stubb
Slovak president Peter Pellegrini
Hungarian president Tamás Sulyok
President of Croatia Zoran Milanović
President of Moldova Maia Sandu
Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides
Portuguese president Marcelo Rebello de Sousa
Acting president of Romania Ilie Bolojan
The heads of European governments will besides come to the Vatican:
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Prime Minister of large Britain Keir Starmer
Prime Minister of Ireland Micheál Martin
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala
Prime Minister of Belgium Bart De Wever
Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Prime Minister of Bulgaria Rosen Ironkov
Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro
Monarchs:
King of Belgium Philip and Queen Matilda
King of Sweden Charles XVI Gustav and Queen Sylvia
King Philip VI of Spain and Queen Leticia
Prince William, heir to the British throne
Crown Prince Haakon and Duchess of Mette-Marit (Norway)
Representatives of the European institutions:
Ursula von der Leyen - president of the European Commission
Antonio Costa – president of the European Council
Robert Metsol – president of the European Parliament
Leaders from outside Europe:
President of Argentina Javier Milei
President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Dominican president Luis Abinader
Ecuador president Daniel Noboa
The leaders from Asia and Oceania will besides attend the ceremony of Pope Francis. The Philippines will be represented by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Timor East by president José Ramosa-Horta. Taiwan will send its vice president, Chen Chien-jen, and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will fly from fresh Zealand to Rome.
The ceremony will besides be attended by Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See, Jaron Sideman.
