Habemus tells: Pope Leo XIV is already in X, debuting on social media

Pope Leo XIV has officially opened his account on the social network X (formerly Twitter), taking a new step in his digital presence. The first message was published on Tuesday, May 13, a few days after activating his Instagram account.

For his first post on X, the pontiff chose the same words with which he addressed the faithful for the first time on May 8 from the Central Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica , when he was presented as the 267th Successor of Peter:

Pray for me, and let us walk together in faith, hope and charity.

— Pope Leo XIV

The opening of this account marks the beginning of a new era in Vatican communication , which seeks to bring the Gospel message to new generations through digital platforms.

Sources from the Dicastery for Communication indicated that the Pope's presence on social networks " is not just a tool, but a bridge for dialogue and listening with the contemporary world."

The X account joins the platforms already used by the Vatican, and is expected to be an active channel for sharing messages of peace, spiritual reflections and calls for unity.

The official explanation of the Pontiff's coat of arms and motto has been published by the Holy See Press Office, in which, in particular, a burning heart pierced by an arrow and held by a book emerges, the emblem of the Augustinian Order, which symbolically represents the words of Saint Augustine collected in the ninth book of Confessions: "You have wounded my heart with your love."

A silver lily and a burning heart pierced by an arrow and supported by a book feature in the coat of arms of Leo XIV , “ a shield stamped with a silver mitre, adorned with three bands of gold .”

This was announced by the Holy See Press Office, which published the official explanation of the coat of arms of the 267th Pontiff, prepared by the vice president of the Italian Genealogical Heraldic Institute , Father Antonio Pompili.