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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 12 Dec 2012

    "I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter" - the Pope @Pontifex sends his first tweet: http://bbc.in/TU0uG3 

    2:34 AM - 12 Dec 2012
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      1. Gibrilla B.Timbo‏ @Thaimlol 13 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @Pontifex great, to have him on twitter. God bless us all

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      1. Tomorrow's Headlines‏ @2mrwsheadlines 12 Dec 2012
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        Benedict, chapter 1, tweet 1 @BBCBreaking @Pontifex

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      1. The Damned‏ @DamnedAtheists 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Didn't he do that months ago?

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      1. Catherine Moor‏ @cathmoor 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @pontifex

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      1. William‏ @thai_bill 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @Pontifex has he apologised for the child abuse yet?

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      1. Tom Maxwell‏ @TomMaxwell11 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @Pontifex @jjohnstonmezzo Five tweets already! And so far, so banal...

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      1. Sonia Marisol Molina‏ @molina_marisol 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @Pontifex Read my story. I need this to become public knowledge http://helpingsonia.blogspot.com/  No more victims of abuse. God please

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      1. Charlie Lewis‏ @Mozkovich 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @pontifex that's not exactly breaking news

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      1. SableFilms‏ @SableFilms 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @pontifex Will he Listen better?

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      1. Lorene Elvidge‏ @TDSBLElvidge 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @pontifex Wow. The pope on twitter! What is next ? #edchat #tdsb_delt #teacher What will sociogists think!

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      1. Rich‏ @Rich_F21316 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @Pontifex following @RichardDawkins yet?

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      1. Sam Wallace‏ @samwallace84 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @Pontifex over to you @frankieboyle

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      1. Janet Blair‏ @JanetBlair004 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @Pontifex He's only following 7. Were there 12 disciples? Not sure of that. He's missing 5. Mmmmm

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      1. Slim Winnie‏ @winifredokache 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking warmest thoughts from me...love you loads my Lord!

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      1. Neil‏ @TazR6 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @Pontifex And? Why is this news? He is only a bloke who believes in an imaginary friend.

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      1. cars_and_cars60‏ @carsandgirls60 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @Pontifex just in time mate world ends today

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      1. Gary James‏ @peasmoldia 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @pontifex Is that a god speaking through him? Or just him? Or both?

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      1. teenytinydictator‏ @teenytinydictat 12 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking @Pontifex copycat the TTD was here first.

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