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.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. There are no written rules or official criteria for a pope's name, but they choose names that have meaning in the Catholic tradition.

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