Pelosi Joins Bipartisan Congressional Delegation to Attend Pope Leo XIV’s Mass for the Beginning of his Pontificate

Washington, D.C. — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation to the Vatican to attend the inaugural Mass of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV.

“His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has inspired excitement, joy, love and gratitude in Catholics worldwide since his election was announced last week,” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said.  “For many of us, the name Leo XIV happily recalls Leo XIII whose legacy for workers’ rights and social justice was encapsulated in his Rerum Novarum where he wrote foundational calls to action on pressing issues of then and now – including migration and economic inequality.  It is therefore my honor to join the Congressional delegation attending the inauguration of His Holiness to convey the prayers and warm regards of every American, especially Catholics, to the first pope from the United States.”