{"id":25873,"date":"2025-04-25T19:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T19:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25873"},"modified":"2025-04-25T19:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T19:35:56","slug":"reason-trump-is-expected-to-be-in-third-tier-seat-at-pope-francis-funeral-as-people-express-shock-at-awkward-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25873","title":{"rendered":"Reason Trump is expected to be in ‘third-tier’ seat at Pope Francis’ funeral as people express shock at ‘awkward’ position"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Heads of State have been heading to Rome to attend Pope Francis’ funeral.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a088-year-old pope passed<\/a>\u00a0on Monday (April 21), having suffered from double pneumonia in recent months.<\/p>\n

Many\u00a0world<\/a>\u00a0leaders are expected to land in Italy today ahead of the celebration of\u00a0Pope Francis<\/a>‘ life, with the likes of Irish President Michael D Higgins having already arrived and visited the late pope’s body at St Peter’s Basilica.<\/p>\n

As of Friday morning, around 130,000 mourners had visited Pope Francis, including a Brazilian\u00a0priest who caused controversy<\/a>\u00a0for taking a selfie next to the pontiff’s body.<\/p>\n

Higgins will join his nation\u2019s premier Miche\u00e1l Martin,\u00a0UK<\/a>\u00a0Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the\u00a0Prince of Wales<\/a>\u00a0– who is attending on behalf of the King –\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>, and a vast array of other leaders and dignitaries.<\/p>\n

It’s believed the pope’s outdoor funeral service will last around 90 minutes before his body is taken to the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major.<\/p>\n

It’s predicted that the likes of Trump will be seated in the third row during the pope’s funeral, something which has\u00a0surprised some<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But people won’t be seated in order of importance,\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0Euro News. Instead, they will be sat in alphabetical order – French alphabetical order, to be more precise.<\/p>\n

With America being ‘\u00c9tats-Unis’ in French, Trump will sit with other countries that begin with E in the French alphabet, Ethiopia (Ethiopie), for example.<\/p>\n

The same rule applies for other prominent figures attending the funeral, but a Vatican spokesperson has confirmed Francis\u2019 birth country of Argentina, then Italy will take precedence.<\/p>\n

Thereafter, reigning sovereigns will be seated in French alphabetical order, followed by heads of state.<\/p>\n

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President Trump seen speaking to the press before leaving the US for Rome earlier today (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, has predicted the funeral will be a ‘masterpiece’ in stage-managing ‘big egos’.<\/p>\n

Cardinal Nichols, who will take part in his first conclave to elect a new pope in the coming weeks, said the funeral organisers are well-used to dealing with the sensitivities of such big events.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the PA news agency in Rome, he said: “In the past, I\u2019ve seen it here over and over again that the combination of Rome and the Holy See, they actually are geniuses at dealing with these big events.<\/p>\n

“I think they\u2019ve been doing it since the emperors ruled Rome – that they know how to deal with big egos.<\/p>\n

“And I think every leader of a nation that comes here on Saturday will go home reasonably content.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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