Yahoo – AFP,
19 March 2016
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A man looks at the Instagram account of Pope Francis (Franciscus) on March 19, 2016 in Rome (AFP Photo/Gabriel Bouys) |
Vatican
City (AFP) - Pope Francis posted his first photo on Instagram on Saturday, a
picture showing him kneeling down praying, on the third anniversary of his
inauguration as Holy Father.
"I
want to walk with you along the way of God's mercy and tenderness," he
wrote on the photo-sharing platform, under the account name franciscus.
"Instagram
will help to tell the story of a papacy, letting everyone who wants to come
along and get to know the papacy of Pope Francis," said Vatican
communications chief Dario Vigano.
Photos from
Vatican daily the Osservatore Romano will be posted, as well as brief videos,
"to try to show details which demonstrate .. aspects of intimacy and
inclusion which Pope Francis lives every day," he said.
Pope
Francis met Instagram chief and founder Kevin Systrom at the Vatican last
month. Instagram, which was acquired by social media giant Facebook in 2012,
had over 400 million users as of the end of February.
The pope
has some 30 million followers in nine languages on Twitter, which he joined in
2012 under the handle @pontifex -- the word "pope" in Latin.
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