Carney to Attend Pope’s Inaugural Mass Before Parliament Resumes

Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives to address supporters at his campaign headquarters on election night in Ottawa on April 29, 2025. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

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.