The wait is over for Pope Benedict XVI's
many Twitter followers, and they have been quick
to respond to the much anticipated first tweet
from his personal account Wednesday morning.
Using the handle @Pontifex -- meaning "bridge
builder" in Latin -- he posted: "Dear friends, I am
pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter.
Thank you for your generous response. I bless all
of you from my heart."
A flood of tweets expressing joy, admiration,
antagonism and skepticism followed from the
Twitterverse, not to mention a fair few jokes.
"Wow! Is this true?! Pope Benedict XVI has started
tweeting! Welcome Your Holliness! I'm grateful for
your blessing! Follow him!" tweeted
@Joyful_Minoz.
"Our Pope Benedict XVI has a twitter account!
Coolest Pope in history!" wrote @alexaSaclao.
"@pontifex welcome on twitter. Glad you
are now reachable to openly discuss gay
marriage, birth control and gender
equality!" said @wimremes.
Some are more skeptical about the
pontiff's personal involvement.
Why the Pope and Obama turn to Twitter
"For the first time in history, a man can
communicate directly with some low-level press
officer in Vatican," tweeted @EsaMakinen.
A Vatican official told CNN last week that the pope
would compose the tweets for the new account
himself. But while the pontiff pressed the button
to send his very first tweet, others are expected to
send future tweets on his behalf.

cnn.com/2012/12/12/world/europe/vatican-pope-twitter/index.html

Wow!

lolzzz,funny world we live in.Different folks,different strokes indeed.Imagine what excites some people?Just hope we wont get to hear in subsequent days that someone has hacked d account to post some nude stuffs and pornographic posts.And others wont use it as a tool to insult christiandom and His holiness.Anyway welcome Papal to the jet age.

Na dat one I go chop ??

Nice to hear that the pope will be composing his tweets himself. A display of intellectual strength and ability unlike our very own GEJ who employs people to tweet and update his facebook status and then come to the public to say something elso. A clear case of speaking from both sides of this mouth.

Nice move Pope. We look forward to reading and following your tweets in days to come!

Willy7: lolzzz,funny world we live in.Different folks,different strokes indeed.Imagine what excites some people?Just hope we wont get to hear in subsequent days that someone has hacked d account to post some nude stuffs and pornographic posts.And others wont use it as a tool to insult christiandom and His holiness.Anyway welcome Papal to the jet age.

Funny as you sound, you make alotta sense..