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Friday, December 14, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI Sends His First Tweet -Wednesday Dec 12, 2012

The Pope was joining Twitter, Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, revealed on Dec 4,2012 The move into new media was borne of the holy father's desire to "encounter men and women wherever they are, and begin dialogue with them"
at the Twitter address @pontifex – and 7 associated accounts in different languages.

Vatican media officials announced today that Pope Benedict XVI will send the first official Tweet from his personal account, @pontifex, Wednesday, Dec. 12,2012.


 Pope Benedict XVI tweets for the first time from a tablet at the Vatican on Wednesday Dec 12, 2012
It read: ''Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.''

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