VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While Pope Leo XIV has deleted the account he began as Father Robert F. Prevost on Twitter, now X, in 2011, the Vatican has launched new accounts for him on X and Instagram.

To spread an ancient gospel these days, you need to employ modern tools. Pope Leo XIV has joined Instagram under the official handle of @pontifex, with 12.7 million followers. His first post on ...

Pope Leo has officially hard launched his papacy. The new pontiff, 69-year-old Chicago native Robert Prevost, shared a message Wednesday from the official @Pontifex account on X for the first time ...

Pope Leo XIV will maintain “an active social media presence” on the official papal accounts on the social platform X and Instagram, the Dicastery for Communication announced Tuesday.

“We didn’t expect an American to be Pope,” Gregory Treverton, a USC Professor, said. Treverton is a professor of international relations at the University of Southern California and a former ...

One of Pope Leo XIV's old X posts which has gained significant attention dates back to when Trump was campaigning. In August 2015, Pope Leo XIV shared a Washington Post opinion piece from Dolan ...

The longest one ever, in the 13th century, took almost three years to choose Pope Gregory X. The shortest conclave on record, in 1503, took just 10 hours to choose Pope Pius III. How long was the ...

“Michelle and I send our congratulations to a fellow Chicagoan, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV,’ Obama wrote in a Thursday post on X. “This is a historic day for the United States, and we will ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV has set off a frenzy among those seeking information about the new pontiff, and one question has repeatedly come up. That question is just how old the Pope is ...

After that marathon conclave, Pope Gregory X was finally elected in September of 1271. There is no way to predict how long a conclave will take, but guidance can perhaps be taken from recent history.