Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, and U.S. Vice-President JD Vance in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday.

When Mark Carney went to dinner at U.S. Vice-President JD Vance’s home during the Prime Minister’s trip to Washington this week, it wasn’t the first time the pair had sat down for their own tête-à-tête.

In Rome this spring, they met on the margins of the inaugural mass for Pope Leo XIV.

That event was one of not just diplomatic importance for the two men, but of personal significance: They are both practising Catholics . Mr. Carney was raised in the faith, and Mr. Vance converted to it in 2019.

Their shared faith – and their public commitment to it – creates the potential for dinner-table conversation unlike what might transpire w

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