Pope Francis Gains 1 million Instagram followers under 12 hours

Pope Francis hit one million Instagram followers within 12 hours of launching his account.

His new account was christened on Saturday with a photo of him kneeling in prayer. The accompanying message said “pray for me” in 9 languages.

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.”

Pray for me Rezad por mí Pregate per me صلوا من أجلي Priez pour moi Módlcie się za mnie Rezem por mim Betet für mich Orate pro me

A photo posted by Pope Francis (@franciscus) on Mar 19, 2016 at 4:24am PDT