Regardless of once claiming to be a technological dinosaur, Pope Francis has elevated his social media presence by joining Instagram, launching the new account with a photograph of himself knelt in worship alongside the caption “pray for me”.

Utilizing the moniker Franciscus, the pope has joined the image-sharing app to mark the 1/3 anniversary of his inauguration as the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. He is already a well-founded social media consumer, tweeting mostly beneath the handle @Pontifex to more than 27 million followers throughout a couple of debts in distinct languages.