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#NewPope: The best tweets about Pope Francis

Pope Francis. Credit: Getty Images
Pope Francis.
Credit: Getty Images

The (white) smoke hadn’t even had a chance to clear before Twitter set forth on reacting to news that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina had been elected pope, adopting the moniker Pope Francis.

Eager tweeters were on a mission to be the first to crack any and every pope joke — and they succeeded. From the hilarious to the educational, Twitter once again came through with lighting up a simple, yet historical hashtag: #newpope

Here are the best tweets about Pope Francis so far.

 


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