Leo XIV vows to work for peace in regions with eastern-rite churches. VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV vowed Wednesday to take “every effort” to work for peace in the Middle East

The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.

The world's 1.4 billion Catholics have a new pope, Leo XIV. But the church he now leads is far from unified. What does the global Catholic church want from a new pope -- and can he deliver it?

Cardinal Michael Czerny said that when Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected pope and chose the name Leo XIV,

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and to actively promote the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those Catholic communities with origins in the Mideast and eastern Europe that have been decimated by years of conflict and persecution.

According to X, Robert Prevost (@drprevost) joined the social media site in August 2011. His bio reads, “Católico, agustino, Obispo,” referring to his religion, his Catholic order and one of his past roles in the church (bishop.)

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Pope Leo XIV will maintain “an active social media presence” on the official papal accounts on the social platform X and Instagram, the Dicastery for Communication announced Tuesday. The pope posted for the first time on Instagram on Tuesday,