Pope Francis takes a selfie with an Italian group at the Vatican. / L'Osservatore Romano
The pope is catching on to the selfie trend, following stars like Justin Bieber, Madonna and Rihanna posting them on their Instagram accounts.
By Thursday, he has still not posted the photo to his Twitter page. The mystery of faith.
The self-portrait phenomenon was picked up this week by the historically conservative Oxford English Dictionary for its online edition, as it added "selfie," "twerk," "buzzworthy" and "squee."
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