Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic ADVERTISEMENTHeads of state and dignitaries are converging on Rome on Friday ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday.\u00a0The Vatican said that 130 delegations had confirmed attendance, including 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs.\u00a0US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart,\u00a0Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are among those arriving on Friday.\u00a0Trump, travelling with First Lady Melania Trump, is scheduled to arrive after Francis\u2019 coffin has been sealed.\u00a0Other confirmed attendees include French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Hungarian President Viktor Orb\u00e1n.\u00a0Notable absentees include Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Both leaders have outstanding warrants from the International Criminal Court.Paying respectsMore than 90,000 people visited the basilica on Thursday to pay respects to Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday following a stroke at the age of 88.\u00a0The Vatican extended the basilica\u2019s opening hours overnight due to the large turnout.\u00a0A group of poor and homeless people will meet the pope\u2019s coffin before the funeral on Saturday, the Vatican said.\u00a0His final resting place is being prepared within the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major. Pope Francis chose to be buried near an icon of the Virgin Mary that he often prayed before.\u00a0The eligible cardinals will not begin the conclave to choose the next leader of the Catholic Church until at least 5 May.\u00a0Cardinals have also been arriving in Rome. A total of 113 met on Thursday morning to discuss church business. They will meet again on Friday before a weekend break.\u00a0\u201cWe are getting ready, but we still have not entered into the more intense phase. We are in the organisational phase,\u201d Italian Cardinal Fernando Filoni said on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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