Pope Benedict XVI

There Is A New Pope!
There Is A New Pope!
There Is A New Pope!
Jorge Bergoglio, the 76-year-old archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been elected as pope. He is the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church. Bergoglio, who has taken the name Francis I, is also the first Jesuit priest to become pope.
Pope Benedict XVI Sends First Papal Tweet From an iPad [VIDEO]
Pope Benedict XVI Sends First Papal Tweet From an iPad [VIDEO]
Pope Benedict XVI Sends First Papal Tweet From an iPad [VIDEO]
The technologically-savvy Pope Benedict XVI has already encouraged priests to blog and helmed the launch of the Vatican’s YouTube channel and Pope2You mobile and Facebook apps. So it’s really no surprise that as part of his newly-launched news portal, the pontiff sent his first tweet recently — from the papal iPad. You can follow the Vatican on Twitter at @news_va_en.