The Pope has way too much faith in the way we use social media

"May social media always be spaces that are rich in humanity!"
The Pope has way too much faith in the way we use social media
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - APRIL 16: Pope Francis delivers his traditional 'Urbi et Orbi' Blessing - to the City of Rome, and to the World - from the central balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square on April 16, 2017 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis is due to visit Cairo on April 28 and April 29 at the invitation of Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) Credit: Getty Images

Pope Francis had some wild optimism to share with Twitter timelines on Tuesday.

He celebrated the fifth anniversary of his Twitter account with a tweet, thanking his followers for their support. But then he threw in an interesting line, that places entirely too much faith in the people who use social media—and in the most loving of ways, people called him out for it.

"Thank you for following @Pontifex which turns five years old today," he, or someone in the Vatican, tweeted. "May social media always be spaces that are rich in humanity!"

Haaaaaaaaaa.

"Rich in humanity" is definitely not the way folks tends to describe social media platforms like Twitter. Though if you count misogyny, racism, homophobia, Islamophobia, violence, etc. as all facets of humanity then, well, he isn't too wrong. There's plenty of that in every social media platform, though to be clear, that's definitely not what the Pope is endorsing.

Maybe one day, Pope Francis, we'll tweet good things and good things only.

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