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The papal tweet and trolls

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Pope Benedict XVI has tweeted after months of PR and preparations. We look at the challenges for a 2000-year-old institution resistant to change adapting to a fast-paced social media age (with trolls a-plenty). Also, we look at the year in review on Twitter and Facebook.

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