#Blessed? Pope Francis begins 'new journey,' joins Instagram

Pope Francis hasupped his social media game yet again. This time, he's gotten himself anInstagram account.

The pontiff joined the social media app Saturday under the moniker @Franciscus which is Latin for Francis. While he's only had the account for a few hours now, he hasalready scored himself more than 750,000 followers.

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His first Instagrampost was a photo of himself, head bowed and hands clasped in a praying position, coupled with the caption "Pray for me."

Anotherphoto posted a few hours latershows the Pope bowing his head againbehind a large goldcross.

The Vatican saysthe Instagram feed will include photos and videos from the Pope's daily lifethat highlight"closeness" and "inclusion."

"Instagram will help recount the Papacy through images, to enable all those who wish to accompany and know more about Pope Francis' pontificate to encounter his gestures of tenderness and mercy,"saidMonsignorDario E. Vigan, theprefect of the Vatican'sSecretariat for Communications, in a written statement.

The move to Instagram comes after the Pope met with Kevin Systrom, one of the photo-sharing app's co-founders and current CEO. Systrom visited the Pope at the Vatican in late February, where they discussed the power of photographs.

Systrom wrote about Pope Francis joining Instagram, calling it an "incredible moment."

"Your messages of humility, compassion and mercy will leave a lasting mark," he said in a photo he posted onhis Instagramaccount on Saturday.

But he was far from the only one talking.

It started with the Pope on Twitter, where heannounced his arrival to Instagram.

The Pope is already a social media star on Twitter, where his English-language account @Pontifexhas nearly 9 million followers.

His words led to a lot of excitement ...

... and some obligatory Instagram/papal-themed humour.

There were also a few guesses about which social platform the Pope turns to next.

Despiteadmitting he isa technology "dinosaur" that doesn't know how to work a computer, the Pope recently calledsocial media and text messages"a gift of God" ifused wisely.