At the Vatican this week, Pope Benedict XVI officially joined the Twitter-sphere with the launch of his new Twitter account. The pope used his allotted 140 characters to send out a message that read, “Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.” Benedict also responded to questions submitted by some of his Twitter followers who now number, in just a short time, at least 1 million.