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Leo XIV launches Instagram account, inherits @Pontifex on X
May 15, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The Dicastery for Communication has announced that Pope Leo XIV has established an Instagram account (@pontifex). His predecessor’s Instagram account was @franciscus.
Pope Leo has begun to tweet at the X account @Pontifex, launched by Pope Benedict in 2012 and continued by Pope Francis. In his first tweet, Pope Leo said:
Peace be with you all! This is the first greeting spoken by the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd. I would like this greeting of peace to resound in your hearts, in your families, and among all people, wherever they may be, in every nation and throughout the world.The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
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