Pope tweets on daily life and the joy of being a Christian

Vatican City, 21 January 2014: In a post on the social media on Tuesday, Pope Francis reflected on daily life and the joy of being a Christian. The Pontiff wrote on his Twitter account @pontifex: “If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being a Christian.”

Pope Francis has spoken of Christian faith and joy of being Christian a number of times since he was elected Pope in March last year. Pope Francis wrote ‏ on 30 June: A Christian is never bored or sad. Rather, the one who loves Christ is full of joy and radiates joy. Earlier, on 19 June, Pope Francis tweeted: Christians are ready to proclaim the Gospel because they can’t hide the joy that comes from knowing Christ.

The Pope has now close to 11 million followers on his Twitter account @Pontifex. And the re-tweeting of Pope’s message is reported to be reaching at least 60 million people. The Pope’s English-language handle alone has over 3 million followers. The papal tweets are published in nine languages on the micro-blogging website.Source: VR Sedoc