Pope Francis Ends the Debate Over Who Invented the Internet. It Was God.

Pope Francis — he of the selfie and “just calling to say hi” phone call — was already building up a reputation as one of the hippest men to occupy St. Peter’s throne (check him out here as TIME’s Person of the Year). But now we’re certain about his supreme hipness after he deemed the Internet “a gift from God.”

The pontiff offered this observation in a statement released.. Read more.

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