Pope Francis On Twitter

Pope Francis is active on Twitter, one of the world’s most popular social-media platforms, and his followers get short messages from him on a regular basis. His English posts go to 3.91 million followers, and his Spanish posts reach 5.4 million followers! He is @Pontifex in English and @Pontifex_es in Spanish.  He has Twitter accounts in several other languages, too.

Beginning with this issue of The Message, we will publish the Holy Father’s posts from the previous week in English and Spanish. Here are his posts from April 8-14. References to EG in some of them note that they come from his apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium” (The Joy of the Gospel):

April 8

“We need to rediscover a contemplative spirit, so that the love of God may warm our hearts.”

“Necesitamos recuperar el espíritu contemplativo, para que el amor de Dios enardezca nuestros corazones.”

April 10

“Jesus teaches us to not be ashamed of touching human misery, of touching his flesh in our brothers and sisters who suffer.” (EG 270)

“Jesús nos enseña a no avergonzarnos de tocar la miseria humana, de tocar su carne en los hermanos que sufren.” (EG 270)

April 11

“Only trust in God can transform doubts into certainty, evil into good, night into radiant dawn.”

“Sólo la confianza en Dios puede transformar la duda en certeza, el mal en bien, la noche en alba radiante.”

April 12

“How beautiful it is to stand before the Crucifix, simply to be under the Lord’s gaze, so full of love.” (EG 264)

“Qué dulce es ponerse delante del Crucifijo, quedarse simplemente bajo la mirada llena de amor del Señor.” (EG 264)

April 14

“Holy Week is a good occasion to go to confession and to take up the right path again.”

“La Semana Santa es un buen momento para confesarse y retomar el camino correcto.”