Pope Leo XIV took his first trip outside the Vatican on Saturday, heading about an hour's drive east of Rome for a visit to a Catholic shrine and stopping on the way back to pay respects at the tomb of his predecessor Francis.

The older brother of Pope Leo XIV, John Prevost, lives right here in the Chicago suburbs. In fact, NBC Chicago learned the now-pope’s mail still gets delivered to his brother’s New Lenox address. Shortly after hearing the news on Thursday,

Then he did something notably uncharacteristic of Pope Francis. He sang. “Hallelujah,” he intoned reverently, in Latin. The moment spoke to an evolving truth. As much as Leo has echoed Francis since his dramatic debut on the central balcony Thursday,