Pope Twitter Account Transforms As Benedict Resigns, Tweets Deleted
Pope Benedict XVI is pope no more. The Vatican wasted no time reflecting that on his official Twitter account.
All of his tweets were deleted on the social network, his picture has been replaced with the papal seal, and the account's name is now "Sede Vacante." That last phrase is Latin for "the seat being vacant," as journalist Gio Benitez pointed out.
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