Pope Benedict XVI will launch a personal Twitter account under the user name @Pontifex. He made the move in order to send spiritual messages across, answer questions about faith and reach out to younger followers. He will be tweeting in eight different languages including Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese, German, Polish, Arabic and French. The user name @Pontifex was chosen because it means ‘pope and it also means bridge builder’.
There are already a host of fake pope account on Twitter but the real Pope Benedict's first tweet will be on December 12. The account has been launched and already has over 99,000 followers.
I think the social media is a great way of reaching people these days but what's your view on this? Do you think it's a great move by by the Pope or would you say he's conforming to the world?
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