On the way back to the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV stopped at St. Mary Major, where he paused in prayer before the tomb of Pope Francis and the icon of the Virgin Mary, Salus Populi Romani," the Holy See Press Office reported on Saturday evening.
The last time Pope Leo XIV had prayed at the tomb of the late Pope was during the late afternoon of the Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, when then-Cardinal Robert Prevost, with members of the College of Cardinals, went to the papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major to pray at his tomb that had just been open to the public.
Earlier on Saturday, less than 48 hours after he was elected Pope, Pope Leo made his first visit outside the Vatican, travelling to the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, just outside Rome.
While there, he said he "greatly desired to come here in these first days of my new Ministry... that the Church has entrusted to me."
Source: vatican news
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