Within just a few days, one Twitterer managed to attract nearly 2 million followers. That man is none other than the incoming Pope Francis, previously known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina. Pope Francis is following in his predecessor's digital footsteps: Pope Benedict XVI jumped into social media in December 2012 with his inaugural tweet that blessed nearly 650,000 members of his online congregation who were already poised to receive the tweets. In 2010, Pope Benedict was a fan of social media and appealed to priests worldwide to pursue their ministries online via websites, blogs, videos, and images.
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