Twitter Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Religion==== {{As of|2015|October}}, more than twenty [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Roman Catholic cardinals]] managed active Twitter accounts,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://sixfortyone.co.uk/list-cardinals-twitter-october-2015/|title = A List of Cardinals on Twitter (October 2015)|publisher = sixfortyone.co.uk|access-date = October 12, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160119175258/https://sixfortyone.co.uk/list-cardinals-twitter-october-2015/|archive-date = January 19, 2016|df = mdy-all}}</ref> nine of whom were [[Cardinal electors for the papal conclave, 2013|cardinal electors]] for the [[2013 Papal conclave]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tweeting Cardinals Share Pre-Conclave Thoughts|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/03/tweeting-cardinals-share-pre-conclave-thoughts/|access-date=September 24, 2013|newspaper=ABC News|date=March 6, 2013|first=Alyssa|last=Newcomb}}</ref> [[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s Twitter account was set up in 2012. {{As of|2022|April}}, his successor, [[Pope Francis]], has 18.7 million followers of his Twitter account (@Pontifex).<ref>{{cite news|title=The reason why the Pope has a Twitter and not a Facebook account|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/the-reason-why-the-pope-has-a-twitter-and-not-a-facebook-account-9426746.html|access-date=April 11, 2016|newspaper=The Independent|date=May 23, 2014|first=Linda|last=Sharkey}}</ref>{{update inline|date=February 2022}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page