Pope to Use Twitter to Stoke Interest in Lent

Eighty-four year old Pope Benedict XVI, who in his World Communications Day Address last month praised the benefits of social media in moderation, will use Twitter to try to get Catholics more interested and engaged in Lent again.
 
The Vatican in a Vatican Radio blog post said that starting on ash Wednesday, February 22, it will post messages on Twitter and every day during Lent, because many Catholics barely notice Lent has come or gone, although some do volunteer, study the bible, or …