Holy tweet, Pope!

Watch out Justin Bieber and Stephen Fry, there is a new Twitter account in town and this guy could use divine intervention to get his follower count to heavenly heights.

In case the puns haven't given it away yet, this week saw Pope Benedict XVI join the Twittersphere and begin sending the message of the Catholic Church straight to your stream. Whoever said the Church wasn't modernising?

In just 24 hours, he has already tweeted seven times, and is sticking to a question and answer format, with pithy openers like: "How can faith in Jesus be lived in a world without hope?"

We await the pictures of cats in cardinal outfits...