Pope Francis Joins Instagram, Gains Over One Million Followers

Pope Francis has officially joined Instagram.

The 79-year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church shared a photo of himself kneeling down and praying for his first post. Check it out below!

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“Pray for me,” he captioned the pic, along with the phrase in several other languages.

Pope Francis has posted a couple other photos and a video since, including a close-up of some palms in his hands for Palm Sunday, just ahead of Easter Sunday next week.