Fragt mich bitte nicht warum, aber er machts: Unser Papst Benedikt twittert.

In the tweet, the Pope writes: “Dear Friends, I just launched http://news.va. Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI.” With a simple tap and that tweet, Pope Benedict XVI launched the beginning of a new adventure for the Vatican’s media services. At the Apostolic Palace on Tuesday afternoon, Pope Benedict used a tablet to launch the new web portal featuring the latest news of the Vatican’s media services. The multimedia site is News.va. The event took place in the presence of Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Thaddeus Jones, an official from the Council coordinating the project and Gustav …

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