Pope’s Twitter account attracts 10 million followers

Agence France-Presse

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Pope Francis welcomed news that his Twitter account @pontifex had attracted more than 10 million followers

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis welcomed news on Sunday, October 27, 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.


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.

People around the world follow @pontifex in 9 languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Polish and Latin.

Followers in Spanish are the largest group at 4 million, followed by English with 3 million and over more than million in Italian. – Rappler.com

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