Pope Francis reminds Christians of sacrificing during Lent.
March 05,2014: In a post on the social media on Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis reminded
Christians of sacrificing during Lent, saying it is a good time for doing so. The
Pontiff wrote on his Twitter account @ pontifex “Lent is a good time for sacrificing:
let us deny ourselves something everyday to help others”. The Pope now has 11 million
followers on his Twitter account@ pontifex: And the re-tweeting of the Pope’s message
is reported to be reaching more than 60 million people. The Pope’s English language
handle alone has over 3 million followers. The papal tweets are published in 9 languages
on the micro-blogging website.