Twitter Unveils Custom Pope Emojis
By Melony Roy
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- In anticipation of the Pope's arrival, Twitter has unveiled special emojis for users tweeting about the Pontiff's first visit to the United States.
Twitter has rolled out four custom Pope emojis. The emojis appear when the hashtags #PopeInUS, #PopeInNYC, #PopeInDC and #PopeInPhilly are used.
Each city is a stop on Pope Francis' American tour and is accompanied with a city-specific landmark. Tweets with #PopeInUS render an emoji of a smiling pontiff in front of a U.S. flag, emojis for #PopeInDC which shows the U.S. Capitol, #PopeInNYC has the Statue of Liberty and #PopeInPhilly displays the Liberty Bell.
In the past week, Twitter has measured 58,000 total tweets with the hashtag #PopeInUS and more tweets are expected when he touches down in the U.S. later today.