President Leonel Fernandez and Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso will travel to Rome on Friday to attend the inauguration of German-born Pope Joseph Ratzinger on Sunday. President Fernandez did not attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II. German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday. Dominican ambassador to the Vatican, Rafael Marion Landais is also part of the official mission to the inaugural. President Fernandez will travel on a scheduled Iberia flight to Madrid, connecting to Rome.