Pope Leo XIV made his first trip outside Rome since being elected as leader of the Catholic Church. The pope was driven to the Augustinian Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel on Saturday afternoon local time, the Vatican said.

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday message at the Vatican. In his speech, he mentioned Ukraine, The Guardian informs. The new Pope, following tradition, addressed the faithful from the balcony of St.

Leo XIV prayed at the tomb of Pope Francis on Saturday, just two days after being elected new head of the Catholic Church and hours after vowing to humbly follow in his predecessor’s footsteps. Vatican News published a photo of the white-robed pope kneeling before Francis’s simple marble tomb at the basilica in central Rome,