Pope Francis Ribbed On Twitter After Accidentally Tagging Saints In Tweet

Pope Francis’ prayer game might be air-tight, but his Twitter skills could use some work.

Five new saints — Cardinal John Henry Newman, Giuseppina Vannini, Mariam Thresia Chiaramel Mankidiyan, Dulce Lopes Pontes, and Marquerite Bays — were canonized by the Supreme Pontiff on Sunday morning in the Vatican City. The Pope (real name Jorge Mario Bergoglio) recognized the aforementioned saints in a tweet.

There was just one problem, however: His Holiness accidentally used an emoji hashtag for the New Orleans Saints. You know, the NFL team.

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Gosh darn it!

Cue the replies:

https://twitter.com/hacksawDG2/status/1183349165742575617

https://twitter.com/PBlinnsanity/status/1183373748617043969

https://twitter.com/jschneckyy/status/1183329715215589376

https://twitter.com/TacoMonster210/status/1183338146379030528

Not even the Pope is immune from being ratio’d on Twitter.

Be better, Francis.

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Dakota Randall

Plymouth State/Boston University product from Wolfeboro, NH, who now is based in Rhode Island. Have worked at NESN since 2016, covering the Patriots since 2021. Might chat your ear off about Disney World, Halo 2, and Lord of the Rings.