Pope to join Bieber and co on Instagram


  • TECH
  • Friday, 18 Mar 2016

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will make his Instagram debut on March 19, joining the likes of Justin Bieber and Cristiano Ronaldo on the image-sharing forum under the handle Franciscus, the Vatican confirmed. 

The date for the pontiff’s debut on the celebrity-dominated social medium was chosen by the 79-year-old himself as it marks the third anniversary of his inauguration as the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. 

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