President Pellegrini to attend Pope Francis' funeral at Vatican

The Czech Republic will be represented at the funeral of Pope Francis by Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS). Government spokeswoman Lucie Michut Ješátková told Echo24 that Fiala had agreed to this with President Petr Pavel. Pope Francis' funeral will take place on Saturday at 10:00 in the square in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the Vatican press department announced.

President Peter Pellegrini will attend the Pope's funeral on behalf of Slovakia.

President Peter Pellegrini will attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday (May 26th). 4.) in the Vatican. Representatives of the Catholic Church will also go with him on the air special. He stated this after signing a book of condolences in connection with the death of the Pope. “We will only go in a very narrow delegation. We will see if anyone from the National Council of the Slovak Republic and the government will accompany me. We will c…