The Pope’s First Tweet (Video)

Michael Marchand
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This morning, Pope Benedict XVI sent out his first message on Twitter to over a million followers:

 

Even though it’s a pretty safe bet that future tweets from @Pontifex won’t be coming directly from the Pope (but rather from a member of his team), the Pope’s new venture into technology should be a shining example to Catholics (and parishes) everywhere to embrace technology for the sake of the New Evangelization!

Watch the Video of the Pope’s First Tweet

It’ll be interesting to see how the Pope embraces the Twitterverse. And I hope he takes at least some of Brandon Vogt’s advice.

Video originally posted by Rocco Palmo on Vimeo.

Posted on December 12, 2012 in Catholic, Social Media

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Michael Marchand spends his days taking care of sales, marketing and all things social media for eCatholic. Michael's resume includes 6+ years of parish youth ministry experience, preaching gigs at parishes and conferences across the country as well as a book on Catholic evangelization.

One response to The Pope’s First Tweet (Video)

  1. James Hynes December 12, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    When he pressed the button I was expecting to see his finger glow like ET!

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