Pope hits 1M followers as he tweets: ‘Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you…’

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account.

In perhaps the most drawn out Twitter launch ever, the 85-year-old Benedict pushed the button on a tablet brought to him at the end of his general audience Wednesday.

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