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标 题: Pope都开始tweet了
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Pope sends first tweet, launching new Vatican site
By Richard Allen Greene, CNN
(CNN) - Twitter welcomed a new user Tuesday - one who already has more than
one billion followers.
Pope Benedict XVI used Twitter to announce the launch of a new Vatican
website, timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of his ordination as a
priest.
The website, News.va, showed a photo of the pope with what appeared to be an
iPad.
"The pope sent it, but it was prepared for him," Benedict's spokesman, the
Rev. Federico Lombardi, told CNN. "The tablet was presented to him. He did
the click and sent the tweet."
It was the pope's first tweet, Lombardi confirmed.
"Dear Friends, I just launched http://t.co/fVHpS9y Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI," the message said.
The pope himself may be new to Twitter, but the Vatican has been reasonably
web-savvy for years, including launching an iPhone app and a Facebook page
for the beatification of Pope John Paul II this year.
Benedict's tweet came on the English news feed for the Vatican, @news_va_en.
The head of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop
Claudio Maria Celli, previewed the new website on Monday, saying it would
bring together all the Vatican news outlets in one place.
At launch, it included a scrolling lead spot that showed the pope sending
his tweet and a countdown clock to his his trip to Madrid - for which the
Vatican has put up yet another website, Madrid11.com.
Joseph Ratzinger - the pope's name before he assumed the throne of St. Peter
- was ordained a priest on June 29, 1951, at the age of 24. |
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