Pope Tweets on Trusting the Lord

Vatican City, 3 February 2014: In a post on the social media on Monday, Pope Francis reflected on the importance of having friends and the necessity of trusting the Lord. The Pontiff wrote on his Twitter account @pontifex: “It is important to have friends we can trust. But it is essential to trust the Lord, who never lets us down.”

Earlier on Sunday too, when he celebrated the World Day of Consecrated life, Pope Francis reflected on the centrality of Christ in our lives. He tweeted: “May the World Day of Consecrated Life be a timely occasion to rediscover the centrality of Jesus in our lives.”

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