Pope Sends His First Tweet: Vatican Increases Social Media Presence

The Pope has gone viral. In a YouTube video released this week, Pope Benedict XVI, 84 years old, can be seen learning how to use an iPad to tweet.

The rapture is coming! The rapture is coming! No, wait. False alarm. It’s just the Pope tweeting on an iPad as the Vatican tries to reach out to a younger audience.

The Pope has gone viral. In a YouTube video released this week, Pope Benedict XVI, 84 years old, can be seen learning how to use an iPad to tweet. He writes: “Dear Friends, I just launched www.news.va. Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI.”

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