40 million followers The pope has racked up 40 million followers on Twitter, spread across accounts in nine languages. Vatican City, Holy See: The pope has racked up 40 million followers on Twitter, the Vatican said on Wednesday, underlining the Catholic leader's status as one of the world's biggest social media players.

It was 11.30 a.m. on 12 December 2012, ten years ago, that the first papal blessing was imparted via social media. Today the @Pontifex account, opened on 3 December of the same year, is among the most followed Twitter accounts worldwide.

Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) is the owner of Twitter and the most-followed person on Twitter, with over 158 million followers. Former U.S. President Barack Obama (@BarackObama) is the most-followed politician on Twitter, with over 131 million followers.

No, the pope does not get paid. However, he is in charge of the Vatican budget, which has revenues around $300 million per year. This money goes to, among many other things, paying all of the Pope's expenses: food, travel, the Papal apartments, etc.

The practice is that private audiences or face-to-face meetings with the Pope are reserved only for heads of state, government leaders, new Vatican ambassadors to the Holy See, groups of bishops in an ad limina visit - an obligatory visit for all bishops to venerate the tombs of the Holy Apostles, Sts.

Papal supremacy is the doctrine of the Catholic Church that the Pope, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, the visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful, and as pastor of the entire Catholic Church, has full, supreme, and universal power over the ...

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How much money is Twitter giving to users? As per The Verge, accounts with over a million followers who have enrolled in Creator Subscriptions are currently receiving payout amounts ranging from a few thousand dollars to nearly $40,000 (around Rs 32.8 lakh).

Top 10 most followed Twitter accounts (updated)

Popes usually get paid hendsomely, the current wage he gets is $32,000 on a monthly basis but he refused to get any of that money. Instead, Pope Francis decided to either donate this money to the church, use it to endow a foundation, placed in trust or pass it on to a family member.

The pope will not be affected by the cuts, because he does not receive a salary. “As an absolute monarch, he has everything at his disposal and nothing at his disposal,” Mr. Muolo said. “He doesn't need an income, because he has everything that he needs.”