Social media became instant media today when the Vatican deleted all of Emeritus Pope Benedict’s tweets from Twitter.
The first pope to have his own Twitter account, @Pontifex, Tweeted shortly before his departure from the Vatican: “Thank you for your love and support. May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives.”
However that message was also deleted, leaving the standard Twitter message for someone who has a Twitter account and hasn’t yet tweeted, “@Pontifex hasn’t tweeted yet.”
The name of the account has also changed from Pope Benedict XVI to “Sede Vacante,” referring to the period when there is no pope.
For those who never had a chance to read his final tweet for themselves, and all his other tweets, they are available at the Twitter archive for BXVI.
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