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Posted at 06:18 AM ET, 12/12/2012

Pope Benedict XVI’s first tweets

By Elizabeth Tenety

Pope Benedict XVI sent out his first tweet Wednesday through his handle @pontifex. (MAX ROSSI - REUTERS)

For background on how the man with the most real world followers (globally, Catholics number 1.1 billion) brings the Gospel to his digital ones, read Michelle Boorstein’s story on what a tweeting pope means to Catholics and Cecilia Kang’s peek at Twitter’s strategy to grow their microblogging site by bringing in top figures in government, religion, television, music, sports and entertainment.

By Elizabeth Tenety | 06:18 AM ET, 12/12/2012

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