Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was open to talking to Pope Leo XIV about immigration. The new pope's brother John Prevost said in an interview with the New York Times last week that Leo is "not happy with what's going on with immigration.

Pope Leo XIV relaunched the official papal X account and quickly embarked on an impassioned tweet spree that saw him rail against war and plead for world peace. The American pope posted for the first time from his office’s X account,