THE POPE JOINS TWITTER FOR LENT

For most practicing Catholics today is Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent.  Well for Lent the Pope has joined Twitter in an effort to save Lent and attempt to spread the season of Lent and it’s significance to the media savvy youth that many feel has become detached from their faith.  Under Pope Benedict XVI the Vatican has had mixed involvement with social media but this might be the most involved example of it.  Mashable has an in-depth article here.  Pretty interesting to see things like this…