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October 12, 2017

Pope tops 40 million followers on Twitter, 5 million on Instagram

Pope Francis poses for a selfie picture during a meeting of the Scholas Occurrentes at the Vatican May 29. The Scholas Occurrentes organization, which the pope also supported as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, promotes a "culture of encounter" through art, sports and technology.
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis' @Pontifex Twitter accounts reached more than 40 million followers just a few months before the fifth anniversary of when Pope Benedict XVI launched the initiative.
Published in International
July 25, 2013

Pope is most influential, second most-followed world leader on Twitter

Pope Francis has 7.2 million followers spread across nine different language accounts.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is the most influential world leader on Twitter, with the highest number of retweets worldwide.

Published in International
December 13, 2012

The good, bad, ugly: Church can't shy away from Twitter's Wild West

Pope Benedict XVI's Twitter account is pictured with his first tweet on an iPad tablet.

VATICAN CITY - With Pope Benedict XVI's new presence on Twitter, people from all over the world can now post papal messages with just the push of an on-screen button.

Published in International