Factbox-World leaders set to attend Pope Leo's inaugural Mass

Pope Leo XIV conducts Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican
Pope Leo XIV conducts Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, May 9, 2025. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Source: Vatican Media

Following is a list of the main world leaders who are expected to attend Pope Leo's inaugural Mass on Sunday, according to a Vatican statement.

ALBANIA - President Bajram Bega

ARMENIA - President Vahagn Khachaturyan

AUSTRALIA - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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AUSTRIA - Chancellor Christian Stocker

BELGIUM - King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, Prime Minister Bart De Wever

BRITAIN - Prince Edward

BULGARIA - Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov

CANADA - Prime Minister Mark Carney

COLOMBIA - President Gustavo Petro

CROATIA - Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic

ECUADOR - President Daniel Noboa

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EUROPEAN UNION - Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

FRANCE - Prime Minister Francois Bayrou

GABON - President Brice Oligui Nguema

GERMANY - Chancellor Friedrich Merz

GEORGIA - President Mikheil Kavelashvili

HUNGARY - President Tamas Sulyok

ITALY - President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

IRELAND - President Michael D. Higgins

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ISRAEL - President Isaac Herzog

LATVIA - Prime Minister Evika Silina

LEBANON - President Joseph Aoun

LITHUANIA - President Gitanas Nauseda

LUXEMBOURG - Prime Minister Luc Frieden

MALTA - Prime Minister Robert Abela

MONACO - Prince Albert and his wife Princess Charlene

MOROCCO - Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch

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NETHERLANDS - Queen Maxima, Prime Minister Dick Schoof

NIGERIA - President Bola Tinubu

PARAGUAY - President Santiago Pena

PERU - President Dina Boluarte

POLAND - President Andrzej Duda

PORTUGAL - President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

SERBIA - Prime Minister Djuro Macut

SLOVENIA - Prime Minister Robert Golob

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SLOVAKIA - President Peter Pellegrini

SPAIN - King Felipe and Queen Letizia

SWITZERLAND - President Karin Keller-Sutter

TOGO - President Faure Gnassingbe

UKRAINE - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy

UNITED STATES - Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio

This article was produced by Reuters news agency. It has not been edited by Global South World.