{"id":3656,"date":"2011-06-29T06:08:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T10:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2011-06-29T06:08:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T10:08:09","slug":"pope-tweets-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/06\/pope-tweets-for-the-first-time","title":{"rendered":"Pope tweets for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict XVI sent out his first-ever tweet today, announcing the launch of a new news site from the Vatican News Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>A photo from the Vatican shows the Pontiff typing out the message himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/06\/pope-tweets-for-the-first-time.html#ixzz1QerW44qk\">CLICK HERE to see the photo and the tweet:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Pope Benedict XVI sent out his first-ever tweet today, announcing the launch of a new news site from the Vatican News Twitter account. 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