Following our report early last week revealing that the pope may be joiningphoto-sharing social media network, Instagram, we can now confirm that the religious leader has now joined the platform officially.
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Pontiff opens first Instagram account @Franciscus
The pope tweeted the reason behind the decision to join Instagram saying, "I am beginning a new journey…".
In our first report, we revealed that the pope had had a private meeting with Instagram founder and CEO Kevin Systrom.
Following that meeting, the Instagram boss was also present when the pope officially signed up as a member on the photo-sharing site with the handle @Franciscus.
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The Instagram account was opened on the anniversary of the pope's inauguration and will be his second social media account - his first, on Twitter, has about 8.9 million followers.
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