US EditionPope Leo XIV is back on social media, with a message of peace
- Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, took over the Vatican’s official social media handles and posted on Instagram on May 13, 2025.
- The Vatican followed its established practice by preserving the messages shared during Pope Francis’ 12-year tenure, while continuing to use the @Pontifex account originally created in 2012 under Pope Benedict XVI.
- After being inactive since July 2023, the @Pontifex account became active again in early 2025, posting critiques of the Trump administration’s approach to migration as well as statements made by Vice President JD Vance.
- The Vatican’s @Pontifex handle operates in nine languages and counts 52 million followers, with posts curated by the Vatican rather than sent directly by popes.
- Pope Leo XIV’s first Instagram post reiterated his initial words as pope and marks a renewed Vatican social media presence amid this transition.
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Pope Leo XIV Begins with Peace and Posts
Pope Leo XIV has made it clear: he’s not just leading the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics—he’s also going to be a dedicated poster. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pope Leo XIV (@pontifex) Just days after his election on May 8, the new pope deleted his old personal social media accounts. On May 13, he made his first post as pontiff on the official @Pontifex Instagram and X accounts. The post, shared in seven languages, included photos…
Although he is officially American, Robert Francis Prevost, the new pope's family has diverse origins in Europe, with deep French but also Italian, Norman and even Viking roots. The European leader in online genealogy, Geneanet, conducted an investigation into the family origins of the new pontiff and revealed a relationship of kinship with other French personalities, reports Ouest-France, Tuesday, May 13.His closest cousin found was Jean de Lat…
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