{"id":164592,"date":"2025-04-26T17:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T17:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/donald-melania-trump-attend-pope-francis-funeral-find-out-where-they-were-sitting\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T17:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T17:35:06","slug":"donald-melania-trump-attend-pope-francis-funeral-find-out-where-they-were-sitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/donald-melania-trump-attend-pope-francis-funeral-find-out-where-they-were-sitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald &#038; Melania Trump Attend Pope Francis Funeral \u2013 Find Out Where They Were Sitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/donald-trump\/\" title=\"Donald Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/melania-trump\/\" title=\"Melania Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Melania Trump<\/strong><\/a> are mourning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/pope-francis\/\" title=\"Pope Francis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pope Francis<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 78-year-old President of the United States and 55-year-old First Lady paid their respects in St. Peter\u2019s Square on Saturday morning (April 26) in Vatican City.<\/p>\n<p>The two were directed to their front row seats around 4 a.m. ET, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/where-trump-world-leaders-seated-pope-francis-funeral\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/where-trump-world-leaders-seated-pope-francis-funeral\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, ahead of the service. They were seated next to Estonian President <strong>Alar Karis<\/strong>, <strong>King Felipe VI<\/strong> of Spain and <strong>Queen Letizia<\/strong> of Spain. Across the aisle, to their right, sat Finland\u2019s President <strong>Alexander Stubb<\/strong>. <strong>Trump<\/strong> was seen speaking with him at the start of the ceremony. <\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2106984\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/joe-biden\/\" title=\"Joe Biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a> and former first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jill-biden\/\" title=\"Jill Biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jill Biden<\/strong><\/a> also went, sitting four rows behind <strong>Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/prince-william\/\" title=\"Prince William\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Prince William<\/strong><\/a> was also in attendance, and was seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/04\/26\/prince-william-attends-pope-francis-funeral-in-vatican-city-see-which-world-leaders-he-sat-with-spoke-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">briefly speaking to the President.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump<\/strong> previously met with the Pope in 2017, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2017\/05\/24\/donald-melania-ivanka-trump-meet-pope-francis-meeting-described-as-stiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meeting that was described as \u201cstiff.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An athlete is going viral for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/04\/25\/jalen-hurts-response-to-donald-trump-white-house-question-is-going-viral-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his reaction to whether he\u2019ll be visiting the White House.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/04\/26\/donald-melania-trump-attend-pope-francis-funeral-find-out-where-they-were-sitting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump and Melania Trump are mourning Pope Francis. The 78-year-old President of the United States and 55-year-old First Lady paid their respects in St. Peter\u2019s Square on Saturday morning (April 26) in Vatican City. The two were directed to their front row seats around 4 a.m. ET, per CBS News, ahead of the service. 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