“Let us pray for peace,
and let us bring it about, starting in our own homes!” The Pope’s official
twitter, January 16, 2014
That is correct. The 77-year-old Pope Francis has an
official twitter account and has over 3.5 million followers. Some might
consider the prospect of the leader of the Catholic Church, having a twitter
account to be sacrilegious. These people might say that the Pope’s followers on
twitter are having artificial and superficial contact with the Pope, God, and
Jesus. They say the Pope’s “followers” should be immersed in prayer, not
preoccupied following the Pope on twitter. However, I would disagree with the
people that make these claims. Twitter is a place where regular people can be
constantly connected and updated to the thoughts and whereabouts of celebrities,
and now, the Pope. Because of
twitter, any person, from any economic class, is able to send a question of
faith to THE POPE, in which he will personally respond. The Pope is reaching
out to those that might feel disconnected from the Catholic Church by tweeting
inspiring and thought-provoking messages to the entire world. The Pope is not
just a man that one can see on TV or hear about in the news, but now, because
of social media, he can truly engage with people all over the world.
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