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February 26, 2013

While @Pontifex hibernates during interregnum, @TerzaLoggia set to fly

While @Pontifex hibernates during interregnum, @TerzaLoggia set to fly

VATICAN CITY - The Pope's @Pontifex Twitter fans will get two more tweets before the account goes into "hibernation" during the "sede vacante" period starting when Pope Benedict XVI steps down.

Published in International
January 29, 2013

Tweets and retweets: Study analyses @Pontifex traffic

Pope Benedict's @pontifex Twitter account has generated more than 270,000 comments and responses from other Twitter users

ROME - In his first month on Twitter, Pope Benedict XVI sent two dozen mini-messages in nine languages, generating more than 270,000 comments and responses from other Twitter users, according to a study conducted by an Italian Jesuit magazine and an Italian new-media consulting firm.

Published in International
December 12, 2012

Pope launches Twitter account, tweets to more than 1 million followers

Pope Benedict XVI sends his first Twitter message during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 12. Looking on is Archbishop Claudio Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.

Updated 12/12/12

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI launched his very own Twitter account, sending a short inaugural message to his more than 1 million followers.

Published in International
December 3, 2012

With @Pontifex, Pope reaches out to new kind of followers

Greg Burke, media adviser to the Vatican, participates in a Dec. 3 Vatican press conference about Pope Benedict XVI's presence on Twitter. The pope will begin tweeting Dec. 12 using the handle @Pontifex.

VATICAN CITY - To celebrate the launch of his new Twitter account, Pope Benedict XVI will tweet the answers to a handful of questions from his followers.

Published in International