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Good evening, what was supposed to be a quiet day for Pope Leo the 14th, with few public events, turned into one full of surprises. The Pope, starting his day,

meeting with the Cardinals, outlining his goals. Then, an unexpected visit to a shrine in the Virgin

Mary outside of Rome, and then it was back to Rome and a stop at the Basilica where Pope Francis

was laid to rest to pay his respects. All of this could be a potential sign of what we could expect from the new pontiff.

Molly Hunter is following it all at the Vatican and starts us off tonight.

On his third day's Pope, Leo the 14th, the new American pontiff, made two surprise visits outside of

Vatican City, seen riding shotgun, waving to ecstatic crowds. About an hour from Rome in

Genet Sano, Leo visited the shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel, a special place for the Augustinians,

but especially for the new Pope.

When we heard that the Holy Father, Pope Leo, wanted to go to Genadzano, it was obvious that he wanted to go back to offer a prayer of Thanksgiving to our mother of good counsel and a prayer of help.

He prayed there back in 2001 on the day he was elected as the head of the religious order. And with him

today on his first journey, as

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