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Culture

Pope Starts Tweeting

English account already has more than 660,000 followers

Reason Staff | 12.12.2012 7:08 AM

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Pope Benedict XVI has sent his first much-anticipated Twitter message using his personal account.

The Pope was shown pressing a button on an iPad tablet.

The message read: "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."

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