The Vatican Reactivates The Pope’s Twitter For Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Wed, March 13, 2013 4:15pm EDT by 3 Comments
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A huge day deserves a huge announcement — and what better way to do it than with a tweet?

The Twitterverse exploded with anticipation over the announcement of the new Pope on March 13, and now one more voice has joined the conversation: the new Pope himself, Jorge Mario Bergoglio! Yes, the Vatican finally reactivated the official Pope Twitter handle shortly after announcing Pope Francis I.

“HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM,” the tweet read, which roughly translates to: “We have Pope Francis.”

Within minutes, the historic tweet was retweeted more than 40,000 times.

The account had been deactivated after Pope Benedict XVI, but with a new man now in charge, it was time to get back to business.

Celebrities Tweet About Pope Francis I

Hollywood was also buzzing with news of the new Pope, through in true celeb form, not everyone treated the historic event with sincerity.

“There’s also white smoke coming out of my office, but nobody seems that excited about it,” Seth Rogen tweeted.

Seth MacFarlane also tweeted, “To signal the conclave had not reached a decision, they released black smoke from a chimney and emptied 400 styrofoam cups into the street.”

HollywoodLifers, what are your thoughts on the new Pope? Drop us a comment with you reaction to today’s big news!

WATCH: Habemus Papam: Pope Francis Introduced to World

Pope Francis I’s Twitter

More Pope coverage on HollywoodLife.com:

  1. Jorge Mario Bergoglio Named Pope: New Leader Of Catholic Church
  2. New Pope Chosen — Seth Rogen & More Celebrities Tweet
  3. The New Pope Has Been Chosen — White Smoke Seen In Rome

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D.C.

Posted at 7:50 AM on March 14, 2013  

I’m sorry, but I do not understand this choice.

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morekare

Posted at 4:31 PM on March 13, 2013  

May God Bless Pope Francis I. Thank You, Lord, for Pope Francis I. May he live a long and blessed life.

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Posted at 7:54 PM on March 13, 2013  

1: “El cardenal Bergoglio, acorde con la postura oficial de la Iglesia sobre estos temas, ha alentado a su clero y a los laicos a oponerse tanto al aborto como a la eutanasia, describiendo el movimiento pro-elección como una “cultura de la muerte”. Bergoglio apoya el uso de anticonceptivos para evitar la propagación de la enfermedad; aunque se opuso a su distribución gratuita en Argentina.”

2: “[...] cinco testimonios de curas y teólogos confirmarían el rol del cardenal durante la dictadura militar argentina en la desaparición de sacerdotes y su apoyo a la represión dictatorial. Los testigos son un sacerdote y un ex sacerdote, una teóloga, un seglar de una fraternidad laica que denunció en el Vaticano lo que ocurría en la Argentina en 1976 y un laico que fue secuestrado y torturado junto con dos sacerdotes que no reaparecieron.”

3: “El 9 de julio de 2010, días antes de su aprobación, se hizo pública una nota de Bergoglio calificando como una «guerra de Dios» dicho proyecto [Ley de Matrimonio entre Personas del Mismo Sexo], que contemplaba que las personas homosexuales pudieran contraer matrimonio y adoptar niños.En la nota del cardenal primado, dirigida a las monjas carmelitas de Buenos Aires, calificaba el avance legislativo del proyecto como «una movida del Diablo» y en la que alentaba a acompañar «esta guerra de Dios» contra la posibilidad de que los homosexuales pudieran casarse. El expresidente Néstor Kirchner criticó las «presiones» de la Iglesia sobre este asunto.”"

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