Brazil will be represented by the vice -president Geraldo Alfinin
The Vatican has published a list of presidents and heads of government that will participate this Sunday (18) in the inaugural mass of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV.
The celebration will begin at 10 (local time) and will take place in Basilica and São Pedro Square, which is already crowded with the faithful.
The mass will be held in the place where, according to the Christian tradition, the apostle Pietro, founder of the Catholic Church, was martyred on a overturned cross.
Overall, there will be 156 foreign delegations, including one from Brazil, led by vice -president Geraldo Alfmin.
Italy will be represented by President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as well as by other government members. All the authorities will be positioned in order, which will begin with Italy, in Peru, where Robert Francis Prevost has been a missionary for almost two decades and the United States, his country of origin.
Take a look at the list of authorities who will participate in the Mass:
Take a look at the list of authorities who will participate in the Mass:
Germany: Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Armenia: President of Vahagn Khacharyan
Australia: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Austria: Chancellor Christian Stocker
Belgium: King Philippe and Regina Mathilde, Prime Minister Bart De Wever
Brazil: Vice President Geraldo Alfmin
Bulgaria: Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov
Canada: Prime Minister Mark Carnery
Colombia: President Gustavo Petro
Croatia: Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic
Ecuador: President Daniel Noboa
Slovakia: President Peter Pellegrini
Slovenia: Prime Minister Robert Golob
Spain: King Felipe and Queen Letizia
United States: Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rurio
France: Prime Minister François Bayrou
Gabão: President Brice Oligui Nguema
Georgia: President Mikheil Kavelashvili
Hungary: President Tamas Soyok
Ireland: President Michael D. Higgins
Israel: President Isaac Herzog
Italy: President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Lebanon: President Joseph Aouun
Latonia: Prime Minister Evika Silina
Lithuania: President Gitanas Nausea
Luxembourg: Prime Minister Luc Frieden
Malta: Prime Minister Robert Abela
Morocco: Prime Minister Aziz Akhanouch
Monaco: Prince Albert and his wife, Princess Charlene
Nigeria: President Bola Tinubu
Netherlands: Queen Maxima, Prime Minister Dick Schoof
Paraguay: President Santiago Peña
Peru: President Dina Boluarte
Poland: President Andrzej Duda
Portugal: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
UK: Prince Edward
Serbia: Prime Minister Djuro Macut
Switzerland: President Karin Keller-Sustter
Togo: President Faure Gnassingbé
Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky
European Union: President of the Ursula von der Leyen Commission
Source: Terra
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