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A good number of Pope Francis\u2019 followers on Twitter are overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) concentrated in Islam-dominated Middle East, a Vatican official said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Pope went on Twitter. We can see where in the world the Pope has followers,\u201d\u00a0 Msgr. Paul Tighe, among the Pope\u2019s advisers managing his Twitter account @Pontifex, said in a Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines report.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were surprised to see that in the Middle Eastern countries and Gulf states, there were huge following. Then we realized that those were the Filipinos,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Tighe, the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said that social media have been helpful for Filipino-Catholics abroad to connect with and deepen their faith especially in places when they cannot openly practice it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese Filipinos are in a situation that are not easy for Catholics but Twitter is something that allowed them some connection to the Church,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also urged Filipinos to continue using social media and the Internet to express their spiritual convictions and to boost their identification with the Church.<\/p>\n

Tighe, who arrived in Manila to speak at a Catholic social media conference, said that the\u00a0OFWs\u2019 expressiveness of their catholicity is something he \u201cloves about Filipinos.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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