He knelt up with the tombstone to place a white rose there. The Pope Léon XIV collected himself on Saturday at the tomb of His predecessor Françoistwo days After being elected At the head of the Catholic church, a vatican source said.
Vatican Newsthe official Vatican information website published a photo of the American pope, dressed in white, kneeling in front of the sober tomb of François in Sainte-Marie-Majeure, a papal basilica of Rome that the Argentinian pope deceased on April 21.
In a short press release, the Vatican press office said that Léon XIV had also prayed in front of the icon of the Virgin Mary in the basilica located in the heart of Rome, where very many faithful continue to converge To pay tribute to the old pope.
Cris and applause welcomed the pope when he left the basilica, as shown by a video published by Vatican News.
This visit marked the end of a busy day for the 69-year-old Pope and born in Chicago, who addressed in the morning at the college of Cardinals, telling them his desire to walk in the footsteps of François and qualifying himself as “unworthy successor” of Saint-Pierre.
From there, the former missionary went to an important Augustinian sanctuary southeast of Rome, where hundreds of faithful welcomed him warmly. Sunday, Léon XIV will recite the first Sunday prayer of his pontificate, addressing the crowd from the Balcony of the Saint-Pierre Basilica for a “Regina Caeli” which should bring together thousands of tourists and faithful.
