Pope Leo XIV surprised the faithful by visiting the Augustinian Marian sanctuary in the town of Genazzano near Rome on Saturday. This is the first unexpected visit by the new Pope, just two days after being chosen in the conclave.

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In his first outing as pope, Leo XIV made an unannounced visit to a shrine dedicated to Saint Augustine in a small town outside of Rome, where he prayed before a famed icon housed there and met with members of the Augustinian order.

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Pope Leo XIV has celebrated mass and had lunch with members of his Augustinian religious order, slipping into the congregation’s headquarters outside

Despite the order’s 800-year history – and its Italian origins – Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian to be named a pope.