Pope praises Jesus in first Twitter message

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Source: AFP

Pope Benedict XVI wrote a message on Twitter on Tuesday praising Jesus and announcing the launch of a new Vatican website in the first "tweet" by a leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

"Dear Friends, I just launched www.news.va. Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI," wrote the pope, using his formal name in Latin -- the Vatican's official language.

The Vatican has embraced social media in recent months, launching popular Facebook and YouTube pages and courting bloggers as it tries to get the Church's message out to a wider and more youthful audience.

The Church also used a website to receive notifications of purported miracles attributed to late pope John Paul II and is launching an e-learning initiative to address the problem of child abuse by priests. The news.va web portal is set to be formally launched on Wednesday.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/pope-praises-jesus-first-twitter-message-171700230.html

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Direct link to Tweet which was sent from an iPad:

http://twitter.com/#!/news_va_en/status/85740997933404160

[Enrique]

1. so predictable n/t

[ZombieHorde]

5. I agree. A "HAIL SATAN LOL" tweet would have been much better. nt

[christx30]

15. That would have certainly

shaken things up, him trashing the big guy. Guess he didn't get the job by being a troublemaker.
I could have gotten hired for it. I have 2 years experiance as assistance Night Pope.

[Supply Side Jesus]

29. I would totally RT that shit

[Fuddnik]

2. Jesus tweets back.....

Don't believe nothin' that guy says.

[Matariki]

3. lol

:rofl:

[Aristus]

32. You beat me to it! I was going to say:

"Jesus tweets back: 'I wish that fucking Nazi would just shut up already!' "

[jmowreader]

4. Expect every papal tweet to say the same thing

You folks who tweet, is it possible to set up a signature line for tweets like you can for email? We're talking about the Pope, folks--it would be news if he DIDN'T praise Jesus. That's what he does.

[madamesilverspurs]

6. Woody Allen is writing headlines?

Somehow ya just never expect some things. . .


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[KansDem]

7. He didn't, by chance, send along any photos of himself, did he?

Just asking...;)

[LetTimmySmoke]

8. Oh.

I thought it was going to be "Heil Hitler!"

[MorningGlow]

9. It's official

Twitter is SO over.
:rofl:

[Scottybeamer70]

10. well, ain't he just special

[awoke_in_2003]

11. I once praised jesus...

it was my first time with a woman, and I was a believer that day :)

[JackRiddler]

14. I also once praised Jesus.

He had performed a spectacular backflip off the third-level diving board and didn't make the least splash when he entered the water.

[Moonwalk]

16. Did he finish by walking across the pool?

:evilgrin:

[awoke_in_2003]

20. That would warrant a 10....

from the East German judge :)

[JackRiddler]

23. Uh, no. Water-walking merits the special prize: "This one goes to 11."

[awoke_in_2003]

26. No, only the greatness...

of Marshall amps can go up to 11 :)

[KittyWampus]

12. I'm thinking the Pope's twitter account would be ripe for hacking into.

[caseymoz]

13. Headline answers that age-old question that's kept the world in suspense:

Is the Pope Catholic?

[Moonwalk]

17. I suppose next thing the Pope'll be doing is friending Jesus on his Facebook page....

:eyes:

[JackRiddler]

25. My God! Jesus sent me an e-mail!!! It's all true!!!

[DebbieCDC]

18. WWJT?

(what would Jesus tweet)

[Enrique]

19. how does the Pope shop online?

PaPal!

:hide:

[kentauros]

21. Oh God!

:rofl:

I needed that! Great end to a blah day :hi:

[Endangered Specie]

31. +1

[IDemo]

22. At least he didn't call him a Founding Father, or claim he warned the British

[JackRiddler]

24. The doings of the recent North American empire are ephemeral to His Relative Eternalness.

[caseymoz]

28. Uh huh

That is part of the fantasy he lives by.

To me, what the Pope calls "holy" appears to me a synonym for "creepy."

[Duct Tape]

27. Wow, what

a surprise. :sarcasm: Hmm, I didn't know that the lord wanted his doctrine to be spread through the use of an ipad and twitter.

[BR_Parkway]

30. I hope the world tweeted back “Whatever you do to the least of these children…”