God now tweets @pontifex

Remember now, the Pope is God’s official spokesperson on this earth. So when Benedict XVI says something, well …. you get the idea.

“Pope Benedict XVI he sent his first tweet from his new account, a move seen as part of the Catholic Church’s attempt to attract a new audience of believers through social media,” reports Al Jazeera.

“In perhaps the most drawn out Twitter launch ever, the 85-year-old Benedict pushed the button on a tablet brought to him at the end of his general audience of Wednesday. ‘Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart,” his inaugural tweet read.

“At around the same time the message was sent, the number of followers of his twitter account @Pontifex, hit the one million mark of followers. Later in the day Benedict was to respond to a few questions about faith sent to him from around the world.The first papal tweet has been the subject of intense curiosity for months.

“A personal Twitter account for the 85-year-old Benedict has been the subject of speculation ever since the Vatican’s senior communications official said in February the idea was gaining traction. The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion or so Roman Catholics is expected to sign off, rather than write, each individual tweet himself.”

 

For more, see: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/12/20121212125418235578.html

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