Pope Leo XIV is back on social media, with a message of peace

Pope already hit with waves of misinformation a week into the job

Just as his predecessor was a prime target for fake news, Pope Leo XIV has been hit with various false claims on social media and elsewhere.

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…

People lose it as newly elected Pope Leo tweets for the first time with very direct message

Pope Leo XIV has taken to Twitter to share a series of seven tweets addressing the Holy See's stance on the current conflict taking place across the globe.

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…

Pope Leo's 4-word message to Putin ahead of Zelensky meeting in X debut

Pope Leo XIV penned a four-word message to Vladimir Putin on his official account on the platform as he also offered up the Vatican as a safe space.

Pope Leo offers to mediate world conflicts, calls for end to war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the Pontiff’s offer