Pope Francis gains 1 million Instagram followers in under 12 hours

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Pope Francis hit one million Instagram followers within 12 hours of launching his account.
Pope Francis' new account was christened on Saturday with a photo of him kneeling in prayer.
The accompanying message said "pray for me" in 9 languages.
It was not a selfie.
His new account broke a record for getting one million followers -- the previous record was 24 hours held by David Beckham.
The Pope's Instagram handle is "Franciscus."