The family is the main
building block of society, Pope Francis tweeted Thursday, four
days after the end of an extraordinary synod on the family that
reaffirmed its fundamental role.
"The family is the place in which we are formed as persons.
Each family is a brick that builds society," Francis said.
The synod ended Sunday with a reaffirmation of dogma about
the traditional family.
Despite high hopes on liberal stances vocally espoused by
Francis, it only obtained a simple majority - but not the
two-thirds required - on accepting gays and giving sacraments to
divorced and remarried Catholics.
The followers of the pope's nine-language Twitter account,
@Pontifex, passed the 16-million mark earlier this month.
Francis's most popular accounts are: in Spanish, 6.96
million; in English, 4.58 million; and in Italian, 2.03 million.
He has 1.171 million Portuguese-language followers; 308,000
followers in French; 287,000 in Latin; 280,000 in Polish;
218,000 in German; and 156,500 in Arabic.
His predecessor Benedict XVI opened the papal Twitter
account, sending his first tweet on December 12, 2012.
Since becoming pope 19 months ago Francis has increased the
following more than five-fold.
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