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Pope Leo XIV Leaves Vatican to Visit Marian Shrine, Tomb of Pope Francis
- On May 10, 2025, shortly after his election, Pope Leo XIV made his initial journey beyond the Vatican walls, visiting the Marian shrine in Genazzano before stopping in Rome to honor Pope Francis at his tomb.
- The journey took place after Leo's election on May 8 and paid tribute to the late pontiff who passed away on April 21 and was laid to rest in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major.
- Pope Leo XIV, elected on May 8 and previously serving as a U.S. Cardinal named Robert Prevost, who belongs to the Augustinian order, made a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel, which has been maintained by the Augustinians since 1200.
- He expressed a strong desire to visit at the start of his new role entrusted to him by the Church, and placed a white flower on the tomb of Pope Francis.
- The visit symbolized Pope Leo's search for guidance early in his papacy and continued the tradition of papal devotion to Marian shrines and the late Pope's resting place.
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Pope Leo leaves Vatican to visit Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Less than 48 hours after being elected, Pope Leo XIV got in the front seat of a minivan and traveled 40 miles southeast from the Vatican to pray at a Marian shrine cared for by his Augustinian confreres. And on his way back to the Vatican May 10, he went to Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, stopping to pray at the tomb of Pope Francis and before the icon of Mary “Salus Populi Romani” (health of the Roman people). The Vatica…
Pope Leo XIV Leaves Vatican to Visit Marian Shrine, Tomb of Pope Francis
Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the altar at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, southeast of Rome, May 10, 2025. The shrine, with a famous image of Mary, is run by the pope’s Augustinian confreres. (Photo: CNS/Vatican Media) VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Less than 48 hours after being elected, Pope Leo XIV got in the front seat of a minivan and traveled 40 miles southeast from the Vatican to pray at a Marian shrine cared for by hi…
Pope Leo’s first pilgrimage outside the Vatican: Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel
CV NEWS FEED // Pope Leo XIV made his first journey outside the Vatican on Saturday, May 10 with a surprise pilgrimage to the Shrine of… The post Pope Leo’s first pilgrimage outside the Vatican: Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel appeared first on CatholicVote org.
First image of Pope Leo XIV outside Rome on a surprise exit to an Augustinian shrine
Pope Leo XIV has visited this Saturday the Augustinian shrine of the Virgin of the Good Council in Genazzano, near Rome, where he has been ovationed by hundreds of people on his first departure since he was elected as head of the Catholic Church after two days of conclave.According to the Vatican itself, the pontiff arrived shortly after 16.00 local time for "a private visit" to the sanctuary, which is "registered by the religious of the Order o…
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Catholic Telegraph‘I wanted so much to come here’: Pope Leo visits Marian shrine outside of Rome
Pope Leo XIV speaks to the College of Cardinals in Rome, Saturday, May 10, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Deutsch, May 10, 2025 / 13:42 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Saturday visited and prayed at a Marian shrine outside of Rome, greeting the com... [...]
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