)
Following our report early last week revealing that the pope may be joiningphoto-sharing social media network, Instagram, we can now confirm that the religious leader has now joined the platform officially.
In our first report, we revealed that the pope had had a private meeting with Instagram founder and CEO Kevin Systrom.
Following that meeting, the Instagram boss was also present when the pope officially signed up as a member on the photo-sharing site with the handle @Franciscus.
READ: Check out magazine's list of the 30 most influential people on the Internet
)
![President Bola Tinubu and former President Muhammadu Buhari [Channels TV]](https://image.api.sportal365.com/process/smp-images-production/pulse.ng/27072024/809347d6-7c84-4777-9dd7-480cae9c8ff0?operations=autocrop(340:210))
)
The Instagram account was opened on the anniversary of the pope's inauguration and will be his second social media account - his first, on Twitter, has about 8.9 million followers.