Pope tweets for the first time

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Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday tweeted for the first time, announcing the launch of a Vatican news information portal.Benedict’s tweet read: “Dear Friends, I just launched News.va Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI”.
The portal www.news.va for the first time aggregates information from the Vatican’s various print, online, radio and television media. It’s the latest effort by the Vatican to bring its evangelizing message to a greater, Internet-savvy audience and follows forays into Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Benedict put the site online himself by tapping an iPad, said Thaddeus Jones, project coordinator and an official with the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Moments later the pope sent the tweet.
 
Luigi_Daniele said:
I’m Catholic-you bet I do 😉

They are dissing the Holy Father in every message.:mad:
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I always avoid reading the comments on religious matters, unless the news article comes from a religious site.

No need to get your blood pumping more than it should; some people are just ignorant.
 
The_Scott said:
I always avoid reading the comments on religious matters, unless the news article comes from a religious site.

No need to get your blood pumping more than it should; some people are just ignorant.
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I tend to agree. But I would have liked to see the Holy Father’s tweet 😦
 
What’s his tweet-name thing?

(Yeah I’m hip and cool, know all the words).
 
LemonAndLime said:
What’s his tweet-name thing?

(Yeah I’m hip and cool, know all the words).
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He’s not telling - at least not yet. He used the Twitter account of the new Vatican news site. I think he may have learned that lesson from posting his email address, but when he was elected pope. :o
 
Dale_M said:
He’s not telling - at least not yet. He used the Twitter account of the new Vatican news site. I think he may have learned that lesson from posting his email address, but when he was elected pope. :o
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Ah. Perhaps that is wise.
 
ringil said:
I don’t even know how to tweet!
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I don’t either!

Maybe I can whistle…😉 😃

Seriously, though-I think it’s awful that people can be so nasty online and hurl anonymous insults against our Holy Father!
 
Rence said:
I haven’t tweeted either 😦

But isn’t this the address? twitter.com/#!/news_va_en
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It sure looks like it. 👍

I’ve only sent one tweet, however I have a couple Twitter feeds bookmarked on my computer simply because they often say funny things. I may add the link you provided because it looks to be a shorthand version of the News.va website.
 
I go on twitter every now and then to see what everyone’s talking about. There are some British celebrites who hate each other and have arguments every so often which is amusing. I’ve also tweeted celebrites and got replies, so it’s pretty awesome too.

Also a good thing to go on if something major happens, like Bin Laden being killed. I followed the guy who accidently tweeted things as it happened, before the worlds media knew about it.
 
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