Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV: Here is who there will be Sunday in Rome

Never as in this period Romebut it would be better to say the Vaticanis al center of the world. Just a few weeks ago the capital welcomed the powerful of the world for the funeral of Pope Francis and now prepares for an encore, for a strictly connected occasion.

Sunday 18 May At 10, in fact, Leo XIV will celebrate the solemn mass that will mark the beginning of his pontificate. The ceremony will be open to the faithful – over 250,000 those expected according to estimates – but as it was for the last farewell to Bergoglio, also in this case to unleash the curiosity of the eve is the list of those known.

For many, the official is still missing but some names are already leaked. Despite being the first pontiff Born in the USAit seems that Donald Trump will not be present at the first of Robert Francis Prevost, but that he will send his deputy JD Vancealready landed in Rome a month ago for a trip with his wife Usha Chilukuri.

For Italy, in St. Peter’s Square There will certainly be the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarellain all probability by his daughter Laura, always present on official occasions. The premier is also waiting Giorgia Meloni. Invitations also delivered to the President of the Chamber Lorenzo Fontana, to that of the Senate Ignazio La Russa, to the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and the President of the Constitutional Court Giovanni Amoroso, who will most likely respond present.

Exceeding national borders, he has already made it known that There will be the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyenjust as it seems practically certainly the arrival of many other leaders, from the French one Emmanuel Macron to the British Keir Starmer, who, as already happened on the occasion of the funeral of Pope Francis, could take advantage of the situation for short, but hopefully profitable, summit. Maybe aimed at promoting that peace invoked since his speech from the balcony of San Pietro, right by the new pontiff.

The arrival or not of Volodymyr Zelensky is still wrapped in the mysterywhile there is great anticipation for some newly elected, such as the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who succeeded Olaf Scholz on May 6; The new Canadian premier Mark Carney, and the Australian Albanian Australian one, fresh from re -election.

The President of the Republic should arrive from Israel Isaac Herzog and from Argentina Javier Milei.

Whoever hoped to review King Carlo in Italy, a few weeks after his wedding anniversary journey in our country will be disappointed since Buckingham Palace He has already made it known that neither he nor his son William, present at the funeral of Pope Francis, will be at the first mass of his successor.

To represent the Windsor family will instead be the Prince Edoardominor son of Elizabeth II and brother of Carlo, as well as Duke of Edinburgh. It is not yet known whether alone or together with his wife, the Duchess Sophie.

Remaining on the subject of crown heads should be there, but the conditional is a must, Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia. From Monaco, however, the princess could arrive Caroline.

For now, rumors stop here, but the voices on illustrious presences or absences are destined to follow each other until Sunday morning, when a liturgy that promises to be rather long, preceded by one procession On the churchyard of St. Peter’s Square composed of all the cardinals who elected Prevost.