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#Pontifexit: The news in tweets

News of Pope Benedict XVI's abdication shocked the world Monday, and rippled through the
Pope Benedict XVI uses an iPad device at the Vatican in this file photo dated June 28, 2011. Pope Benedict's handle on Twitter will be @pontifex. He already has 1.2 billion \"followers\" in the standard sense of the word but next week he will have...
Pope Benedict XVI uses an iPad device at the Vatican in this file photo dated June 28, 2011. Pope Benedict's handle on Twitter will be @pontifex. He already...
By Erin Delmore

News of Pope Benedict XVI's abdication shocked the world Monday, and rippled through the

Twitterverse with an expected dose of humor and wordplay. For your enjoyment: