Dar es Salaam, April 26 -- VATICAN: WORLD leaders, Catholic officials and mourners from around the globe are at the popes funeral in Rome.

Among them are US President Donald Trump, Prince William, French President Emmanuel Macron, Spains King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and former US President Joe Biden.

Pope Franciss vocal opinions on global issues occasionally put him at odds with some world leaders.

They are followed by reigning sovereigns followed by heads of states who will be seated in alphabetical order by country, in French.

Starmer described Pope Franciss leadership as “courageous” in a statement following his death and said he was a pope “for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten”.

Prince Will...