Pope Leo XIV is fluent in five languages: English (his native language), Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese. In addition to speaking these languages, he can also read Latin and German

. His multilingual abilities reflect his American upbringing, extensive missionary work in Peru, and his role within the Vatican, where Italian is the working language. Latin remains important for official Church proceedings, and German is part of his scholarly interests

. In summary, the languages Pope Leo XIV speaks or reads are:

• Fluent: English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese
• Reads: Latin, German