New York City Mayor Eric Adams left for Italy on Friday ahead of a planned meeting with Pope Francis.

The mayor posted a video from the airplane’s runway wearing a New York Knicks hat and a sweatshirt from Brooklyn’s youth basketball league.

“I’m traveling to Rome because the solutions to the problems facing our city, country and planet must be solved together — by sharing ideas and strategies,” Adams said. “Through hard work and faith, there is nothing we can’t accomplish.”

This trip comes thanks to funding from the Fratelli Tutti Foundation, which translates to “we are all brothers” in Italian, an organization Francis started in 2021. On Saturday, the group will meet for its World Meeting on Human Fraternity, which is the second in its history.

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The Washington Examiner reached Adams’s office for comment.

According to Adams, they will be discussing the economy, infrastructure, climate change, immigrants, asylum-seekers, affordable housing, and sustainability, among other topics. Some 30 Nobel Prize winners will also be in attendance, along with Italian national football team head coach Luciano Spalletti and Fiat CEO Olivier Francois, among other leaders. Country musician Garth Brooks will also perform for the group.