Mark Carney remembers Pope Francis as worlds conscience [Video]

CHARLOTTETOWN—Canadian political leaders praised Pope Francis on Monday, with Liberal Leader Mark Carney commending his “moral clarity” and leadership — including his 2022 apology for the role of Christians in Indigenous residential schools — after the Catholic pontiff died Monday at 88.

Carney, a practicing Catholic who remains prime minister through the election campaign, began a campaign event in Prince Edward Island on a sombre note, reflecting on the pope’s legacy as an example of what he described as compassionate leadership for the world’s most vulnerable. He declared that the pope’s example shows the need to ensure financial markets don’t overshadow human values of compassion, an echo of Carney’s own perspective as espoused in his 2021 book Value(s), and pointed to Pope …