Vatican says pope beats Justin Bieber on retweets
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Pope Benedict, white-haired, 85 and a neophyte to social media site Twitter, has beaten out 18-year old heartthrob Justin Bieber to set a percentage record for retweeting by his followers, the Vatican said on Thursday.
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Pope Benedict’s first tweet: ‘I bless all of you from my heart’
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After days of expectation and buildup, the leader of the world’s billion-plus Roman Catholics finally did it: He tweeted.
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Vatican unveils Pope’s Twitter handle: @pontifex
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The secret’s out. Pope Benedict’s new handle on Twitter will be @pontifex, beating out other contenders that had been considered to showcase the thoughts of one of the world’s most visible leaders.
Benedict already has 1.2 billion “followers” in the standard sense of the word but next week he will have another type when he enters what for any 85-year old is the brave new world of Twitter.
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