The Pope criticised retweet culture and the predictable happened

Pope Francis - album-dropper, top of his Instagame and religious leader - is no stranger to Twitter fame.

He even got his own emoji for his visit to the United States, last year.

But, the cool dude that he is, he's above it all. It's not about the likes, man.

In his own words:

Ironically, the tweet already has over 8,500 retweets and 18,500 likes at the time of writing. YOU SHEEPLE.

People have started mocking the tweet, obviously:

Wait till someone tells him that his likes are only there for tailored adverts to sell stuff to him.

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