The leader of the Catholic Church in the World, Pope Benedict XVI for the first time tweeted via the Vatican’s English language Twitter page.

Surrounded by members of the Church earlier today, the Pope just pressed the "send" button to tweet a pre-written message that reads, “Dear Friends, I just launched News.va Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI”, a message  that came in for the announcement of the launch of a new Vatican website. Watch the Youtube video below.