Pope's Twitter account attracts 10 million followers | Inquirer Technology

Pope’s Twitter account attracts 10 million followers

/ 09:05 PM October 27, 2013

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis welcomed news on Sunday that his Twitter account @pontifex had attracted more than 10 million followers.

“Dear Followers I understand there are now over 10 million of you! I thank you with all my heart and ask you to continue praying for me,” the pontiff tweeted early Sunday.

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Francis’s predecessor Pope Benedict XVI had opened the account on December 12, and interest in tweets from the pontiff surged after the Argentine pope was elected in March.

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People around the world follow @pontifex in nine languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Polish and Latin.

Followers in Spanish are the largest group at four million, followed by English with three million and over more than million in Italian.

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TOPICS: Internet, Pope Francis, religion, Social Media, technology, Twitter, Vatican
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