Pope tweets Holy Week 'privileged time'

(ANSA) - Vatican City, March 30 - Pope Francis in a post on his Twitter feed Monday called Holy Week leading up to Easter "a privileged time".
    "Holy Week is a privileged time when we are called to draw near to Jesus: friendship with him is shown in times of difficulty," Francis tweeted.
    Holy Week events began with Palm Sunday - yesterday - and continue until Easter.
    The pope's Twitter account, @Pontifex, is highly popular with about 18 million followers in nine different language accounts.
    In English, it is followed by 5.71 million people, 2.59 million in Italian, 8.31 million in Spanish language, as well as 1.3 million in Portuguese.
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