Pope's First Tweet

On 2012-12-12 the pope tweeted. Fictional recreation. More a notion than a story.

Pope’s first tweet:

#Pontiff. Dear friends, thank you for allowing me to communicate to you through this new medium called twitter.  As you know, brevity is not my strong suit.  Since the earliest days, our young Church, constructed  upon Peter’s endeavors, in

Pope’s second tweet:

#Pontiff. This may take some working out. Let’s try again

Author's Note

55 word story for contest. Must be exactly 55 words. Strict word count rules.