The pontiff is on Instagram, and he’s not a fan of the square crop.
Pope Francis kicked off his latest social networking foray today (March 20) with a non-selfie photograph of himself kneeling in prayer, along with a plea, “Pray for me,” that was translated into nine different languages.
The pope has been both a fan and a critic of social networks, saying they are “a gift from God” and a “fully human” form of communication, but can also be a symptom of “radical loneliness.”
Instagram founder Kevin Systrom was on hand for the inaugural papal post:
The pope scored about 100,000 Instagram followers in his first hour.