According to areportfrom the Italian newswire service ANSA , Pope Francis will make his grand entree on Instagram on Saturday , March 19th , under the handle @Franciscus . The earthly concern - shaking slice of intel reportedly came from Dario Viganò , Prefect for Communications , during an appearing on Vatican Radio on Tuesday .
With the whole rest of the week left before Pontifex starts carry , we can only imagine at what his first picture will be . Breakfast ? The Sistine Chapel ? His undoubtedly sick closet?A selfie with Tim Cook ? We ’ll just have to wait and see .
We ’ve reached out to the Vatican for verification , which , lease me recite you , was not what I thought I would be doing on a Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock .
Update : And he ’s go far !
I am beginning a new journeying , on Instagram , to take the air with you along the path of clemency and the tenderness of God .
— Pope Francis ( @Pontifex)March 19 , 2016
His first Instagram Emily Price Post was sadly not a selfie , but rather an figure of prayer . It was accompanied by a caption that read “ beg for me ” in nine unlike languages :
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This Wiley Post was primitively write on March 15th and has been updated .
[ ANSA ]
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