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By kmvq on November 15, 2017

A smartphone showing the first twitter message of Pope Benedict XVI is held in front of a computer showing the logo of Twitter on December 12, 2012 in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI sent his first Twitter message from a digital tablet on Wednesday during his weekly general audience using the handle @pontifex, blessing his hundreds of thousands of new Internet followers. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS

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