Here is a list of the expected VIP guests.
-- US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will attend. Trump said in a social media post: “We look forward to being there!”
-- Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will attend with his wife Janja, his government said. Lula has said Francis “vigorously criticised the economic models that have brought so much injustice to humanity”.
-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will attend the funeral, his office said.
-- EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa, head of the European Council, will both travel to Rome.
-- Ireland's President Michael Higgins and his wife will travel to Rome for the ceremony, his office said, along with Prime Minister Micheal Martin.
-- French President Emmanuel Macron, who cut short a visit to the Indian Ocean region after the pope’s death, told reporters: “We will attend the pope’s funeral as we should.”
-- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said Francis had “prayed for peace in Ukraine”, will attend with his wife, Olena Zelenska.
-- Poland's President Andrzej Duda, who declared a national day of mourning for Saturday, will be among the mourners with his wife.
-- The Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima -- who also has Argentine nationality -- will not make the trip due to the king’s birthday celebrations despite being “deeply moved” by Francis’s passing, the royal family said. The country’s Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp will go to the funeral.
-- Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok confirmed his attendance, as did Austria's Chancellor Christian Stocker, and Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, who will be there with Prime Minister Robert Golob.
-- Monaco's royal family announced three days of mourning and a palace source said Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene would go to the funeral.
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-- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and first lady Liza Marcos will attend the funeral, according to the palace press officer.
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