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23 Maret 2016 17:16

Pope takes internet by storm with one million followers in 12 hours

Pope Francis' new account was “christened” with a photo of him kneeling in prayer. Retno Wulandari
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Brilio.net/en - Pope Francis once again surprised the Catholic community across the globe by opening his own Instagram account. People in the world are happily responding, as was seen with the astounding one million followers he amassed in only 12 hours.

As reported by CNN, his new Instagram account scores a new record for getting one million followers, while the previous records held by football legend David Beckham for collecting the same amount of followers in 24 hours.

A photo posted by Pope Francis (@franciscus) on

While the account will be separate from the official Vatican account, it will be maintained by members of the Vatican. The Popes Twitter account is also maintained by his administration staff.

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