Cindy Wooden

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.

“We believe that the visit of the pope could contribute to stopping the war in Ukraine,” Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said in a statement.

The new pope said he chose his name in homage to Pope Leo XIII, often referred to as “the father of Catholic social teaching.”

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV asked journalists to be peacemakers by shunning prejudice and anger in their reporting, and he called for the release of journalists imprisoned for …

Pope Leo XIV led his first Sunday recitation of the “Regina Coeli” prayer and urged all Catholics to pray for vocations, especially to the priesthood and religious life.

Less than 48 hours after being elected, Pope Leo XIV traveled 40 miles southeast from the Vatican to pray at a Marian shrine cared for by his Augustinian confreres.

“Doctrine has not changed,” then-Cardinal Prevost said. “But we are looking to be more welcoming and more open and to say all people are welcome in the church.”

Most of the U.S.-based cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected him said nationality was not a factor.

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV.

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people are praying for them, 133 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel to elect the new pope.