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Pope Francis hit one million Instagram followers within 12 hours of launching his account.

His new account was christened on Saturday with a photo of him kneeling in prayer. The accompanying message said “pray for me” in 9 languages.

His new account broke a record for getting one million followers — the previous record was 24 hours held by David Beckham.

The Pope’s Instagram handle is “Franciscus.”

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