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- Anthony Albanese met with Pope Leo XIV following inauguration mass at the Vatican.
- Their conversation concerned Albanese’s late mother who raised the prime minister Catholic.
- Albanese also met with other world leaders from Canada, Ukraine and the European Union.
Anthony Albanese spoke to Pope Leo XIV about his mother after being ushered into St Peter’s Basilica in Rome following the Catholic leader’s inauguration mass.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins other world leaders at the Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV at St Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Source: AAP / Flavio Brancaleone
“I spoke to him about my mother who would be, I’m sure, looking down from heaven with the biggest smile she’s ever had,” the prime minister told reporters at the Vatican on Sunday.
The conversation took place after a number of world leaders were taken into the basilica to greet the pope after the mass.
Von der Leyen reportedly raised the prospect of closer security ties between the EU and Australia, similar to other arrangements between the trading bloc and Japan and South Korea.
