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Pope Benedict XVI shoots out his first message.

29 June,2011 02:09 pm

Pope Benedict XVI shoots out his first message announcing the debut of a church web portal that includes worldwide headlines and news from various church departments.Benedict XVI used an iPad 2 to not only send the tweet, but also to formally launch the site to the public. Benedict, 84, has been following the development of the portal, which will for the first time aggregate information from the Vaticans various print, online, radio and television media in a one-stop-shop for Holy See news. It is something new to imagine the Pope tweeting about the latest church news to thousands of social network followersThe new religious web destination is readable in both English and Italian, with more languages slated to be added at a later date.