Hundreds of thousands of people greeted Pope Leo XIV in the centre of Paris for a giant open-air Mass, according to the BBC.

The Mass on the Place de la Concorde was due to start at 3 p.m. Saturday, and nearly 600,000 worshippers were expected, according to Euronews. According to the Vatican, 300,000 people cheered the pontiff as he passed through the streets of Paris in his popemobile on Friday.