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Holy Tweet! Pope struggles with tablet tech

(Reuters) After weeks of anticipation bordering on media frenzy, Pope Benedict solemnly put his finger to a computer tablet...

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Pope Benedict XVI Tweets First Message, Blessing to Fans

The wait for nearly one million Twitter followers was over Wednesday as His Holiness Pope...

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Pope Benedict XVI Joins Twitter

The Vatican just got considerably more social media savvy. Pope Benedict XVI sent out his first Tweet...

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Pope Benedict XVI begins tweeting, sends from iPad, TweetDeck

Pope Benedict XVI kicked off his own Twitter account Wednesday with style, sending his first tweet using an iPad and his next six using TweetDeck. Tweeting from the Vatican, the 85-year-old leader of...

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Did His Holiness send out a tweet? Is the Pope Catholic?

Some people say Pope Benedict XVI is stuck in a previous century, but yesterday, the pontiff took one giant step forward for the Roman Catholic Church. He tweeted. After joining the social networking...

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The Pope Debuts on Twitter With an Odd Q&A

Pope Benedict XVI made his debut on Twitter yesterday, tweeting seven times over the course of seven hours and taking questions via the hashtag #AskPontifex. While the activity caused the Pope’s...

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The Pope makes his inaugural Twitter post (IAB - Interactive Advertising...

(Source: IAB - Interactive Advertising Bureau) The 85-year-old pontiff sent the message from the account @Pontifex to his one million followers after a weekly general audience in Vatican City. "Dear...

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Pope Benedict XVI Posts Inaugural Tweets (Video)

Pope Benedict XVI sent out his first tweets to more than a million followers Wednesday morning...

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Pope's first tweet blesses his one million 'followers'

PADDY AGNEW in Rome As first tweets go, it was neither Earth- nor heaven-shattering. To much fanfare, Pope Benedict XVI yesterday sent his first tweet during his Wednesday public audience in the...

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The gospels in 140 characters at a time -- Pope Benedict is now tweeting

Pope Benedict tapped out the first tweet from his official account Wednesday after a Vatican official presented him with a tablet and somberly declared, “And now the Pope will tweet!” “Dear friend, I...

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Pope gets hand with sending 1st tweet

Religion Blog The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' website offers a number of resources aimed at helping followers develop a closer connection with Christ during the holiday season. Featured are...

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Mixed response to Pope’s first tweets

London - The Pope has tweeted. Or as they might say in the Vatican: Pontifex Maximus titiavit. Inside the Pope Paul VI Hall, a rapturous audience cheered as Benedict XVI laid the papal finger on the...

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Pope Benedict joins Twitter, sends first ‘tweet’

Pope Benedict XVI heads to lecturn to celebrate mass. March 2012 (CNN) — The wait is over for Pope Benedict XVI’s many Twitter followers, and they have been quick to respond to the much anticipated...

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Pope tweets for first time, answers questions on faith

At 5:30 a.m. ET, Pope Benedict XVI reached out to the world of digital seekers — 140 characters at a time. He began with a blessing: "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through...

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In first tweet, pope offers his blessings

After struggling with the touch screen of an iPad, Pope Benedict dispatched his first tweet Wednesday. "Dear friends," it read, "I am...

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Pope Blesses Internet Flock With First Twitter Message

Pope Benedict XVI blessed his new Internet flock on Wednesday in his first Twitter message, sent from a tablet device in eight languages, as the number of his online followers surged to over a...

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Pope's first tweet had followers a-twitter

On an early episode of "Saturday Night Live," papal groupies try to talk their way by the Pope's doorman to get a backstage meeting with the His Holiness. As of Wednesday, there was no need: The pope...

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Mockery outweighs piety after Pope's Twitter debut

THE Pope's debut on Twitter got off to a bumpy start, with mockery outweighing piety in reaction to the first tweets from the leader of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics. Benedict XVI sent the first...

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Pope, as @Pontifex, Sends First Tweet, Blessing Followers

Today with a hesitant tap on an iPad at his weekly public audience in the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI, using the handle @pontifex , sent out the first tweet from his official personal account to his...

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Pope blesses followers in first Twitter message - Wire Religion - The...

VATICAN CITY -- With tech-savvy cardinals at his side offering a hand, Pope Benedict XVI wrote his first tweet on Wednesday and one hour later answered his first question from the public on Twitter....

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