Pope Leo XIV broke a major rule at his inaugural mass today as he arrived in his popemobile.
Royals, world leaders and Catholics are gathered in Vatican City's St Peter's Square to attend Leo's historic Sunday mass service.
The newly elected Pope Leo, 69, arrived at around 8.15am and could be seen addressing the crowd from his open-top popemobile.
Similarly to predecessor Pope Francis, Chicago-born Leo has chosen to ditch the bulletproof glass protections usually offered to pontiffs.
The first 'official' popemobile was a Mercedes-Benz Nürburg 460 Pullman given to Pope Pius XI in 1930, and came with plush silk carpeting and doves embossed on the exterior. Its famous nickname came later in the 1970s.
