In case you haven't heard...
The Pope is now on Twitter: @pontifex
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) December 3, 2012
But not everybody was happy about it, like these guys:
YOU ARE SAYING THERE IS 3 GOD IN 1. IS IT EASY LIKE THAT? IS GODSHIP LIKA NESCAFE OR SHAMPOO? 3 IN 1? COME ON MAN @pontifex
— Jafar Q (@CaferKocbasi) December 3, 2012
LOOK. YOU LOOKLIKE A SMART MAN. YOU ARE OLD. ONE OF YOUR FOOT IS İN GRAVE. COME TO ISLAM BROTHER. @pontifex
— Jafar Q (@CaferKocbasi) December 3, 2012
We wonder if Pope Benedict XVI, @pontifex, first tweet will be about raping little boys.
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) December 3, 2012
Some people had questions for the Pope.
.@pontifex My cousin Sean & I touched ween heads behind our grandparents’ barn when I was 7. Am I going to hell? Welcome to Tweeter!
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) December 3, 2012
Will @pontifex's Twitter account read "RTs are not endorsements. Views are my own, but also God's."
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) December 3, 2012
.@pontifex Hi Pope. You know how the clergy are our line of communication with God? When priests shag kids does God feel it? Is he into it?
— Frankie Boyle (@frankieboyle) December 3, 2012
.@pontifex HEY MAN WHO DIED AND MADE YOU POPE HUH? HM? WHATS THAT? THE PREVIOUS POPE? FAIR ENOUGH. SORRY FOR YELLING
— rob whisman (@robwhisman) December 3, 2012
Here are some other funny/notable tweets about @Pontifex
Can't wait for the first @pontifex DM fail (or humblebrag "just spoke to god #blessed")
— Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) December 3, 2012
.@pontifex couldn't get @thepope because a Spanish guy named Luis Pope Gomez already did.
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) December 3, 2012
.@pontifex in 2007, i had x-plosive diarrhea in a stream at carroll valley park bc the bathrooms were locked a family of 4 saw me
— Nikki Walter (@TurboGrandma) December 3, 2012
You're tweeting profanity to @pontifex? Your parents must be so proud of your vocabulary and time management skills.
— CatholicWonka (@CatholicWonka) December 3, 2012
Follows himself in 6 languages, no one else @reuters: Vatican discloses Pope's Twitter handle: @pontifex reut.rs/VfEaCO
— Tony Karon (@TonyKaron) December 3, 2012
As the Pope starts his @pontifex Twitter account, he could do worse than study @dalailama account, which is impressive.
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) December 3, 2012
So far the only person @pontifex is following is himself #infallibility
— Jonathan Freedland (@j_freedland) December 3, 2012
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