The Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict has opened a Twitter account, and will begin “Tweeting” in about a week.
Considering the furor over his book – the Church has been frantically issuing press releases declaring that the Pope’s book, Jesus of Nazareth, the Infancy Narratives , did not kill Christmas – this step into the 21st century is like tiptoeing into a minefield.
Hoping to defuse potential problems before they arise, the press release states that the tweets will be “like private conversations” and “there will be no dogmatic aspect.” This means the doctrine of papal infallibility will not apply.
The Pope is not going all the way – he won’t be posting the kind of spontaneous thoughts that have gotten actors and rock stars in trouble. The Vatican says that his tweets will be:
- Tweets will be a distillation of his speeches and homilies
- They will be typed by aides - so any typos will not be the Pope's
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