SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Sen. Mike Rounds joined a delegation of lawmakers that traveled to Rome this Saturday for Pope Francis’s funeral.
A total of 15 U.S. lawmakers attended the funeral, according to a news release. Rounds is one of four senators in a group led by Sen. Susan Collins. The delegation included senators Dick Durbin, Ed Markey, and Eric Schmitt.
A separate House delegation led by Majority Leader Steve Scalise also attended.
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Pope Francis died at age 88 on Easter Monday after a stroke. The pope was the first pontiff to address a joint session of Congress in 2015, an event Rounds attended…