INQUIRER.net: Social media greet first pope picked in Twitter age

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Social media greet first pope picked in Twitter age Mar 14th 2013, 23:06 PARIS—Three Latin words from the papal Twitter account announcing Pope Francis's election were re-tweeted en masse as millions online congratulated the new pontiff, though some raised questions about his relationship with the former military dictatorship in his native Argentina.   In what is the first papacy starting in the Twitter age—Francis's predecessor Benedict XVI was elected in 2005, a year before the network was founded—it was only fitting that the Vatican would tweet the name of the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.   The message in Latin, "Habemus Papam Franciscum," from the official papal account @pontifex, was sent Wednesday even... Keep on reading: Social media greet first pope picked in Twitter age Media files: pope-twitter.jpg (image/jpeg)

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