New Pope Leo XIV. He actively communicates on social networks, his accounts are monitored by millions.
Pope Leo XIV. He will communicate with believers through official X and Instagram accounts, which were used by its predecessors – Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI. In a press release, this was stated on Tuesday by the Vatican Dicaster for Communication, TASR reports based on AFP report and Vatican News.
“The Holy Father Lev XIV. He decided to maintain active presence on social networks through official papal accounts on X and Instagram,” the Vatican said in a statement.
His first post was published by the new Pope on Tuesday on Instagram, where the official account is named @pontifex – Pope Leo XIV. It contains his first public performance immediately elected 8 May and several photos from the first days of his pontificate.
On the X network, the Pope has an official @pontifex account, which has a total of 52 million followers. Posts are published in nine languages - English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Polish, Arabic and Latin.
Before Robert Zápost became the Pope and accepted the name of Leo XIV, he had a personal account on the @drprevost on Network, through which he increased the criticism of US President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, washeding Vice President JD Vance and called for racial justice.
Benedict XVI, whose pontificate lasted in 2005-13, was the first pope to have an account on Twitter, the predecessor of the X Network. He founded it on December 12, 2012.
Pope Francis published approximately 50,000 posts over 12 years of pontificate in @pontifex and @franciscus accounts. His contributions to @franciscus account will be accessible in the archive.
