Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to travel to Rome, Italy, this weekend to attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Carney will be in Italy from May 16 to 19 to attend the Mass. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope in the fourth vote of the conclave that ended the evening of May 8. His inaugural Mass will take place in St. Peter’s Square on May 18.
While in Rome, the prime minister will also meet with other world leaders to “discuss deepening trade, commerce, and cultural ties.” Carney will return to Canada in time for Parliament to resume on May 26….