Who is attending the pope’s funeral? | Religion News

World leaders began arriving in Rome on Friday before Pope Francis’s weekend burial, a ceremony that, although more low-key than usual, is still set to be a historic event.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday from heart failure following a stroke at the age of 88, was widely popular for what many saw as his humility and compassion for marginalised people.

The passing of a pope represents a momentous shift for the Catholic Church, and burial rites and the eventual selection of a new papal…