#CNN - When #Pope Benedict XVI leaves office on Feb. 28, his Twitter presence as @Pontifex will also come to an end, per Vatican Radio.
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Kelly Smoot (@kelly_smootCNN) February 22, 2013When Pope Benedict XVI leaves office next week, he will also resign from Twitter. The pope sent his first @Pontifex tweet in December and the account has gained more than 1.5 million followers. Hundreds of thousands of people follow his non-English accounts.
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CNN: Pope Benedict XVI will leave Twitter after resignation, but new pope may continue as @Pontifex—
Michael van Poppel (@mpoppel) February 22, 2013
