Pope Benedict XVI launches Twitter account
05/12/2012Pope on Twitter
The Holy See Press Office officially announced Pope Benedict XVI’s presence on Twitter. The Holy Father is set to send out his first tweet on December 12, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, under the username @pontifex.
Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communication, noted the significance of the Pope’s presence on Twitter was not so much an emphasis on the modern world nor a tribute to technology, but more importantly a means to show that technology “is put in our hands to announce the Gospel.”
“The desire of this Pontiff is to enter into dialogue with the man and woman of today, and to speak with them in places where they are found,” Archbishop Celli said… Read more »