Pope Francis joined Instagram and seemed to instantly regret his decision

The Pope has joined Instagram. In his bid to spread the message of God around the world, the Pontiff has clearly decided that Twitter is not enough.

He moves into a world where vanity rules, where the selfie is king, where there are more hashtags than a man of 79 years could ever hope to understand.

As if acknowledging this as soon as he signed up, the Pope's first post was accompanied with the simple words:

Pray for me.

More: Imagining what the Pope's first 10 Instagram posts could look like