Pope Benedict XVI's Twitter Name Is @Pontifex

With a five-figure following already (though he's only following himself so far), @Pontifex is the Vatican's attempt to reach out to young people. @Pontifex. That's the handle Pope Benedict XVI will be tweeting from, it has been announced (not, strangely enough, on the promised new media landscape of Twitter, but rather on a common news site). The head of the Catholic church has already garnered some 20,000-plus followers, although he is only following six people-- all different language versions of himself (which throws up some gnarly ecumenical questions, if you are that way inclined.) To the untrained ear, the name sounds like either a Romanian chemicals company or a trademark for Kevlar-reinforced stockings. Its literal translation from the Latin means "bridge-builder", but in Roman times the phrase was used for the chief priest.Read Full Story