"The Holy Father Leo XIV has chosen to maintain an active social media presence through the official papal accounts on X and Instagram," said the Dicastery for Communication. The first post on the "Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex" account on X was released May 14 and was a quote from his inaugural greeting to the public May 8 when he was elected:

Pope Leo XIV has officially hard launched his papacy. The new pontiff, 69-year-old Chicago native Robert Prevost, shared a message on Wednesday from the official @Pontifex account on X for the first time since being named the new head of the Catholic Church. The handle was first launched in 2012 during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI.