Courtesy of FaithWorld

Twitter’s “everybody has one!” plague has hit the Vatican.

This past week, Pope Benedict XVI dove into the world of digital ministry, setting up a Twitter handle in eight different languages. Though he gained 200,000 followers just hours after the announcement and over half a million by the end of the day, the Pope will not officially begin tweeting until December 12. His handle is @Pontifex.

So what will the Pope be tweeting about? According to a FaithWorld blogger,

The tweets will come primarily from the contents of his weekly general audience, Sunday blessings and homilies on major Church holidays. They will also include reaction to major world events, such as natural disasters.

Although the Pope only follows the multiple language versions of himself, he has received an uproar of interest in the social media community. The hashtag #askpontifex has generated questions from all over the world — some good, and of course, some not so good.

The Pope is off to a really great start, but has a while to go before he challenges another international religious leader — the Dalai Lama, who has over 5.6 million followers.

What questions would you have for @Pontifex ?