Pope Benedicth XVI records 31,000 followers on twitter in one hour

Catholic pontiff Pope Benedict XVI on Monday opened a Twitter account in English and six other languages namely Italian, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Arabic and Spanish.
Without even sending a single tweet, the Catholic pontiff’s English Twitter account recorded over 31,000 followers within one hour after it was announced by the Vatican.
The 85-year-old pope is expected to begin tweeting on December 12, although the account was opened since February 2012.
“The first tweets will be answers to questions sent to the pope on matters of faith. The public can start sending them starting now,” the Vatican said.

Source; Trends