Completed · notable visit
Private visit to the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel, Genazzano
In short: May 10, 2025. Private pilgrimage to an Augustinian Marian shrine. By car to Italy.
- Dates
- May 10, 2025
- Country
- 1
- Stops
- 1
- Travel
- By road
Itinerary
- Leg 1 Rome (Vatican) → Genazzano → Rome (Vatican)
Key events
- Prayer before the ancient image of the Mother of Good Counsel
- Hail Mary and Salve Regina with the faithful
- Greeting to the people of Genazzano outside the shrine
His first trip outside the Vatican as pope: a private visit to the Augustinian-run Marian shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel, just outside Rome.
Worth reading: His words to the faithful: he “wanted so much to come here in these first days of the new Ministry.”
In his own words
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Source: Vatican News: official program and texts. Miles are a straight-line estimate between stops.