Pope Leo visits Pope Francis' tomb and Marian shrine
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And on Saturday, Pope Leo XIV took his first trip outside the Vatican, visiting a Catholic shrine about an hour's drive east of Rome and stopping on the way back to pay respects at the tomb of his predecessor Francis.
On his third day as pope, Leo XIV, the new American pontiff, made two surprise visits outside of Vatican City, seen riding shotgun waving to ecstatic crowds.
About an hour from Rome, in Genazzano, Leo visited the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel, a special place for the Augustinians but specially for the new pope.
Father JOSEPH FARELL,Vicar General of the Order of St. Augustine said:"When we heard that the Holy Father Pope Leo wanted to go to Genazzano, it was obvious that he wanted to go back to offer a prayer of Thanksgiving to our Mother of Good Counsel and a prayer of help."
He prayed there back in 2001 on the day he was elected as the head of the religious order, and with him today on his first journey, as Father Joseph Farrell described it, his fellow Augustinian brothers.
Father JOSEPH FARELL:"We had an opportunity to sit down at a table after his visit and prayer in the basilica, and I was texting another Augustinian back in the States and I said it felt like we were on a movie set and he was wearing a pope costume. It just did not seem real."
On his way out, Leo addressed the crowd, explaining his attachment to the shrine, offering his blessing.
A reporter said:"People are now seeing him out in the world and they're going nuts."
Father JOSEPH FARELL replied:"Yeah, they really are, they really are. Multi-generational, yeah. There were young children screaming Papa Leone. Older men, older women coming in really struggling."
Also with him today, his older brother John Prevost who flew in from Illinois this morning, speaking to our Chicago station here in Rome.
JOHN PREVOST,Old Brother of Pope Leo XIV:"I think the country, the world, has been praying for him."
And on their way back to the Vatican, another unannounced visit. They went to Santa Maria Majori. Leo pausing to pray in front of Pope Francis' tomb.
For Pope Leo's closest friends, it's been an overwhelming three days.
Father JOSEPH FARELL:"Overwhelmed with joy, sometimes to the point of tears but surprised by joy."
