Leo XIV elected as first American pope
A social media account under the name of Robert Prevost in February posted an article critical of Vice President JD Vance’s interpretation of Christian doctrine, calling it “wrong.”
In a February 3 post, the X account shared an article by the National Catholic Reporter entitled “JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.”
CNN has not yet been able to independently confirm if the X account is connected to Prevost, who was elected the 267th pope Thursday and will be known as Pope Leo XIV.
The account was started in August 2011 and has posts on a wide range of topics, from immigration to George Floyd.
At one point Thursday, the account had fewer than 800 followers. As of 5 p.m. ET, it had grown to more than 232,000 followers, according to CNN’s analysis of the account.
The election of 1st American pope reflects the reach of Catholicism in the US
One in five American adults identify as Catholic, a number that has been stable since about 2014, according to the Pew Research Center.
In Chicago, the new pope’s hometown, the number of adults identifying as Catholic is even higher, where nearly one in three people in the broader metropolitan area identify as Catholic.
Vice President JD Vance, a convert to Catholicism, congratulated Leo on X, saying: “I’m sure millions of American Catholics and other Christians will pray for his successful work leading the Church. May God bless him!
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