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The Vatican says it is investigating the details of what happened.
The Vatican is investigating the “like” on the photo of a poorly dressed Brazilian model that was taken from Pope Francis’ official Instagram account.
It is not clear when the account clicked “like” on the image of Natalia Garibotto, who was wearing a school uniform.
Internet news sites began reporting on the incident last Friday, before the action in the image was changed to “I don’t like” on the platform.
Now, the Vatican has reported that Holy See officials are investigating the details of what happened in the Pope’s account.
The papal press office told the BBC that “as far as is known the ‘likes’ did not come from the Holy See”. The Vatican is in contact with Instagram to determine where it comes from, the source added.
The Pope’s official Instagram account, listed under the username franciscus, has 7.4 million followers Worldwide.
On Tuesday, sources close to the Vatican press office informed the Catholic news agency that the accounts were “managed by a team of employees” and that an internal investigation was underway.
Garibotto commented to an Instagram follower that he was “enthusiastic” about the “like” because she was religious.
“At least I’ll go to heaven”wrote on Twitter.
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