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VATICAN CITY: The sight of Pope Benedict XVI tweeting on an iPad reveals a transformation underway in the tradition bound Vatican to reach a younger global audience and improve a scandal-tainted image. A bemused pope can be seen tapping on the tablet device in his Vatican palace in footage put up on YouTube this week, with a cardinal showing the 84-year-old how to scroll through the Holy See's new multimedia web portal. "Dear Friends, I just launched www.news.va. Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI," wrote the pope, using his formal name in Latin -- still the Vatican's official language. The website includes Twitter updates, YouTube videos, Flickr photos and  Facebook links and was developed by the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications, which has spearheaded the Internet drive. It is decorated with the Vatican colours -- white and yellow -- and brings together information from the Vatican's radio, ...