Pope Benedict XVI waves from his popemobile as he arrives for an open-air Mass in Revolution Square, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday March 28, 2012.If you needed another sign that social media has changed the world, look no further than the newest addition to the Twitteratti pantheon: his holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
Yes, while firmly ensconced in the bulletproof confines of the Popemobile, the pontiff now can join millions in issuing forth holy missives in bursts of 140 characters or less.
Pope Benedict was scheduled to begin officially Tweeting on Wednesday from his official account, @Pontifex. The account was announced by the Vatican in November and went live Dec. 4.
I’m a fairly ambivalent Twitter user. I go through extended lulls of inactivity punctuated by feverish bursts when I realize my prolonged silence puts me in danger of losing my social-media cred.
Honestly, short of being a forum for complaining about miserable summer weather, sharing the music I’m listening to or pleading for help with stories, I could take it or leave it.