SO THE POPE has joined Twitter.
His handle will be @Pontifex, the Vatican has confirmed – and he’s already got 43,000 followers (and rising).
Benedict XVI will be issuing his first tweet on December 12. But naturally, Twitter users are impatient:
13 of the best fake tweets from the Pope
“Shark Week’s going off on the Discovery Channel.” Twitter welcomed Benedict XVI in its own special way…
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
Pope joins Twitter
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He appears to be following 7 other Popes of a similar name.
https://twitter.com/Pontifex/following
Papa Bento sounds like a laugh
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Frankie Boyle @frankieboyle
.@Pontifex Hi Pope. You know how the clergy are our line of communication with God? When priests shag kids does God feel it? Is he into it?
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I can’t wait for the real tweets to start! In the last while the real pope’s revealed that there were no animals at the birth of Jesus (hello? I watched that movie. There were animals!) and that gays are human – but just not fully formed humans! What next?
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