Last but not least: Holy See on Twitter empty
The Pope's Twitter account is to be closed upon his resignation. Around 2.5 million people have followed the short messages published there.
Now Pope Benedikft XVI is also going offline on Twitter after his resignation. Next Thursday, the account of the head of the Catholic Church in the short message service is to be closed. According to SDA, this was reported by Radio Vatican on Friday. The Pope twitter started on December 12. Since then, some 2.5 million people have followed the short messages, with around 1.5 million users reportedly following him on his English Twitter channel alone. Next, there were already plans to tweet the messages in Chinese. So far, the holy Getwitter has already been distributed in German, Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Polish, Arabic and Latin. Radio Vatican knows why the account is now to be closed. It seems inconceivable to continue such a popular and powerful means of communication when the Holy See is vacant, the radio station reported, according to SDA. According to the report, Benedict XVI will publish his last post on Twitter next Wednesday.
After the many derisive comments that reached the pope after the opening of his Twitter account, this step was controversial within the church. Whether his successor will also tweet or prefers to hide behind sacred walls is thus left up to him. (uma)
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