The Holy Father addressed a throng of more than 200,000 with a tone of humility and gratitude, conscious of the enormous task the Lord has given him.

Over 150 delegations attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV's Pontificate. Leo XIV trembled with emotion, "with a heart full of gratitude," when he was bestowed with the pallium and the Fisherman's Ring accrediting him as the 267th Pontiff of the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV has officially hard launched his papacy. The new pontiff, 69-year-old Chicago native Robert Prevost, shared a message on Wednesday from the official @Pontifex account on X for the first time since being named the new head of the Catholic Church. The handle was first launched in 2012 during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI.