Trump joins other world leaders at Pope Francis' funeral
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The coffin of Pope Francis is carried in front of dignitaries, including President Trump, during his funeral in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Photo: Gregorio Borgia/AP
Heads of state and royalty were among the 250,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for Pope Francis' funeral Saturday morning.
The big picture: Attendees included the Trumps, the Bidens, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prince William.
- They joined tens of thousands of ordinary people, including many young people, from all over the world.
The intrigue: The White House said President Trump had a "very productive discussion" with Zelensky on the sidelines of the funeral service, Axios' Barak Ravid reports. It was their first meeting since their Oval Office shouting match.
The Trumps sat in the front row at the open-air mass. The Bidens were four rows behind them, The Washington Post reports.
Zoom in: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals, delivered a spirited and highly personal sermon, AP reports.
- He spoke of Francis as a pope of the people who knew how to communicate to the "least among us" with a conversational style.
After the service concluded, a motorcade took Pope Francis's body through Rome to the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica where he will be laid to rest.
- People lined the streets to applaud and bid a final farewell.
