Blesses Twitterverse with his first tweet in language of English. In a first of its kind tweet, PopeBenedictXVI sent a message Tuesday to the masseson Twitter, telling them about the launch of the Vatican's new website. Twitter is one of the most popularsocial networking toolsavailable on the internet today. The popular social networking and microblogging website enables users to send and read short messages, called tweets, of 140 characters or less. Besides keepingin touchwith friends and family, this innovative way is also proven effective at promoting services, events, people, media and charitable event. Apparentlyimpressed by Twitter’s popularity, PopeBenedictXVI decided to embrace Twitter. Surrounded by few close members of the Catholic Church, Pope tweeted for the very first time Tuesday on the Vatican's English languageTwitter account Pope embraces Twitter Apparentlyimpressed by Twitter’s popularity, PopeBenedictXVI decided to embrace Twitter. Surrounded by few close members of the Catholic Church, Pope tweeted for the very first time Tuesday on the Vatican's English languageTwitter account. Using the microblogging service, the God's rep on Earth announced the launch of a newWeb site makingit easier to access all Vatican news online. In his tweet posted via an Apple iPad, the 84-year-old pontiff tweeted: "Dear Friends, I just launched News.va. Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI." The Vatican's English-languageTwitter feed, which has amassed nearly 50,000 followers, is just another way the Catholic Church is stepping into the media age of the 21st century. In addition to aTwitter account, which has added about 22,000 new followers after the Pope's Tweet, His Holiness also has his own YouTube channel,Facebook page, and Flickr photo feed. Using the microblogging service, the God's rep on Earth announced the launch of a newWeb sitemakingit easier to access all Vatican news online. Vatican's earlier new-media moves Decoratedin the whiteand yellow colors of the Vatican, the fresh Vatican news portal brings together holy information from all of the church's radio, television and print outlets as well as most recent tweets and news about itsmissionarywork in the developing world. Pope earlier warned of social networking dangers Despite the Vatican's forays into social networking, earlier this year the leader of the Catholic Church, based in Vatican City, warned about social networking's possible dangers. He said social networking can help â€dialogue, exchange, solidarity and the creation of positive relations†but at the same time warned about the potential risks associated with the this growing trend. â€Entering cyberspace can be a sign of an authentic search for personal encounters with others, provided that attention is paid to avoiding dangers such as enclosing oneself in a sort of parallel existence, or excessive exposure to the virtual world,†he said. â€In the search for sharing, for â€friends’, there is the challenge to be authentic and faithful, and not give in to the illusion of constructing an artificial public profile for oneself.â€
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