The most current estimates say around 5 billion copies of The Bible have been printed in thousands of languages. We’re not exactly about to pit the Judeo-Christian God against Instagram here, but that figure trounces the app’s average of 400 million active monthly users.
Then again, how many times a day do you find yourself fanging likes on snaps of breakfast compared to, say, rifling through Ecclesiastes?
Thought so. That is why Pope Francis has become the first Pontiff to join the ‘Gram, and his first offerings are further proof the Catholic Church’s head honcho is deadset on shaking off the stuffy, staid image of leaders beforehand.
In the few hours since @Franciscus posted his first snap, the account has amassed well over a million followers, which is a fair crack – even if you’re supposedly God’s Earth-bound figurehead.
Francis was flanked by Instagram’s CEO Kevin Systrom for during his maiden posts; the pair met late last month to “discuss the power of images.”
Speaking about official: any news on Cardinal Pell, Francis? DM us when you can, we’ll wait.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald / Instagram.
Photo: Pope Francis / Instagram.
