TORONTO – Canada’s Governor General David Johnston will travel to Vatican City to attend the installation mass of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as Pope Francis.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement in a statement on Thursday.
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Francis is the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit, and the first named Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi.
The 76-year-old pope was selected as the 266th pontiff in a remarkably fast, five-ballot conclave on Wednesday.
The installation, or formal inauguration, is scheduled to take place at St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday.
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