世界各國政要出席教宗方濟的即位彌撒大綱
The Vatican is prepared for a huge crowd Tuesday as Pope Francis hosts political leaders from 130 nations and representatives from a variety of religions for his installation Mass.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to pack St. Peter's Square for the celebration, which formally installs Francis as the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.
Among the high-level guests, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Bartholomew, is expected to attend. He would be the first patriarch from the Istanbul-based church to witness a papal inauguration since the two branches of Christianity split nearly 1,000 years ago.
More than 30 delegations of other Christian churches, as well as representatives from the Jewish, Muslim and various other faiths, also will attend.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner arrived prior to Tuesday, in order to meet with the new pope, who hails from her country. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a Catholic, also is one of the political leaders in attendance.星期二，來自130國家的政治領導人和不同宗教的代表將參加教宗方濟的即位彌撒，梵蒂岡已爲接待衆多來賓做好準備。
預計將有數十萬人聚集在聖彼得廣場參加慶祝儀式，屆時教宗方濟將正式成爲全世界12億羅馬天主教徒的領袖。
在高層來賓中，預計東正教領袖巴塞洛繆將出席儀式。自從基督教於將近1千年前分爲羅馬天主教和東正教兩支以來，這將是伊斯坦布爾東正教教廷領袖首次出席羅馬天主教教宗的即位典禮。
來自其他基督教會的30多個代表團以及猶太教、伊斯蘭教和其他教派的代表們也將出席儀式。
