VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV will “maintain an active social media presence” on official papal accounts.

A Vatican press release announced Tuesday that Leo XIV has “inherited” the nine official @Pontifex accounts on X (formerly Twitter), each published in a different language. The accounts were previously used by the late Popes Francis and Benedict XVI.

The press release added that Leo XIV’s new Instagram account is also called @Pontifex. The Pope made his first post on Tuesday, featuring over a dozen photographs and a snippet from his May 8 public address, translated into multiple languages.

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As for what happens to the content posted by Pope Francis, his X posts will be archived on the official website of the Holy See, and his @Franciscus Instagram account “will remain accessible as an ‘Ad Memoriam’ commemorative archive,” according to the press release.