HOLY TWEET: The official Twitter account of Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI will join Twitter from Dec 12, with regular tweets in eight languages from the account @pontifex just in time for Christmas. — AFP/Relaxnews 2012
Pope Benedict XVI boasted hundreds of thousands of followers on his new Twitter account just a day after it was unveiled and more than a week before any actual tweets appear.
The English-language version of the @pontifex handle had more than 376,000 followers — up from 2,400 at the time of the announcement on Monday.
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