Just two days after he was elected a new head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV visited on Saturday. The tomb of his predecessor Francis in the Basilica of the Virgin Mary larger in Rome, where he stayed in a short prayer. TASR informs about this on the basis of the report of the Vatican News portal, which published a photograph of the Pope in a white robe kneeling in front of a simple marble tomb.
The Pope left the Vatican on Saturday for the first time since his election and visited a private visit to the sanctuary of Mother of Dobrá Council in the village of Genazzan lying near Rome.. The sanctuary, managed by the religious of the Order of St. Augustine, preserves an ancient image of the Virgin Mary, who comes from the Albanian Skadar and was popular by the Pope Leo XIII.
After welcoming a few hundred people who gathered on the square in front of the sanctuary, the Pope entered the church, greeted the local religious and stopped to prayer, first in front of the altar and then before the image of the Virgin Mary, where he and the present gave the prayer of John Paul II. to the Mother of the Good Council. Together with the local religious community, the Pope then went to the inner hall for a private meeting.
In the morning, the Pope in the Vatican met the Cardinals, who explained, among other things, why he chose the name of Leo XIV. and introduced in the vision of his pontificate.
