The Pope Francis’s funeral organization He has entered his final stretch. The faithful will have a last chance this Friday to say goodbye to the pontiff in the burning chapel, but the view is now set on the celebration of this Saturday, which will be presidents and monarchs around the world. At least 130 delegations, including “50 heads of state and 10 monarchs” in exercise, will attend the funeral mass that will take place in the Plaza de San Pedroaccording to the Vatican information.
The location that will have the highest leaders will be known. In the front row the representatives of the royal houses will sit; in second, the presidents, in alphabetical order; In third the prime ministers, and then the rest of the delegations.
The president of the United States Donald Trump, will occupy the second row with the delegations of Emirates and Jordan and very close to the French delegation headed by Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte.
The most recent state funeral was Queen Elizabeth IIdeceased in September 2022 and Trump came to make fun of the then US president Joe Biden for the site he had to occupy, there in row 14immediately behind the Polish president, Andrzej doubt.
The response to the different locations at funerals of similar relevance is in the protocols that are governed. Although at the funeral of Isabel II, the English royal family had a preferential place, followed by the rest of the royal houses, the following rows had to be occupied by the rest of the world leaders following the alphabetical order of their respective countries, which explains that United States and Poland were followed and that others like Canada were far ahead.
In the case of Pope Francis’s funeral, the scheme to follow is the same one that was designed for that of John Paul II. That is, “the order of countries in the French language -Idioma chosen for the Vatican diplomacy -will be followed, with the heads of delegation sitting in alphabetical order respecting their range.” The translation of the United States to French is ethats-unis d’Ameriqueso the American delegation advances numerous positions.
The peculiarity is that “the protocol gives priority to the presidents of Italy and Argentina,” reports Javier Martinez Brocal for Fuentes de la Santa See. Therefore, they will have a privileged place in the front row both Sergio Matarella and Giorgia Meloni and Javier Milei. «Next, the reigning Catholic sovereigns will sit next to the Grand Master of the Malta Order. Then, non -Catholic sovereigns. Next, the heads of state in alphabetical order ».
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