Vatican tweets graffiti of hero Pope Francis

Speeding forwards with his fist raised, the heroic pontiff – crucifix swinging in the wind – carries his trademark black bag, with the word "values" written across it, in Spanish, in white letters.

"We share with you a graffiti found in a Roman street near the Vatican," the Pontifical Council for Social Communications from the Holy See said on its official Twitter page.

We share with you a graffiti found in a Roman street near the #Vatican / Les compartimos este graffiti que vimos hoy t.co/In76sMJE4v

— VaticanCommunication (@PCCS_VA) January 28, 2014

The 77-year-old Argentine pontiff is renowned for throwing off his security and plunging into the crowds to greet pilgrims, and often uses jokes or stories to spread the values of the church.

The pope is a keen Twitter user himself, regularly posting tweets on his own feeds in nine languages, which boast more than 10 million followers in total.

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