Pope Leo XIV made his first social media post on Tuesday in which he sent a message of peace, as he seeks to maintain an active social media presence through the official papal accounts.

The pontiff has chosen “to maintain an active social media presence through the official papal accounts on X and Instagram,” the Dicastery for Communication said in a press release.

In his first post since taking over the Vatican’s official Instagram and X accounts, he repeated the first words he said to the world as pope.

Pope Leo XIV leaves the Augustinian General House in Rome after a visit, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP)

Before he was elected as pope, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost occasionally posted on an X account started in 2011. It had been inactive since July 2023 before he returned to the platform earlier this year to criticize the Trump administration’s immigration policies and comments by Vice President JD Vance, who had also been at odds with Francis in his final months over the administration’s immigration agenda that included a mass deportation plan.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.