A number of Cardinals are active on Twitter. Even though they will not be allowed to tweet during the Conclave, you can follow them during the current pre-conclave. Here is a list of the Twitter accounts I was able to find. Know any other twittering Cardinals? Let me know in the comments and I will add them to the list of Cardinals on Twitter!
Italy
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone: @CardinalBertone (in Italian)
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi: @CardRavasi (in Italian), @CardRavasi_sp (in Spanish) and @CardRavasi_en (in English)
Cardinal Angelo Scola: @angeloscola (closed for the duration of the Conclave).
Cardinal Bagnasco: @conBagnasco (unofficial account)
The Netherlands
Cardinal Eijk: @Eijk
Czech Republic
Cardinal Dominik Jaroslav Duka: @dominikduka
France
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin via his communications director: @ComCardBarbarin (in French)
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran: @JLTauran
Spain
Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach: @sistachcardenal
United States
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan: @CardinalDolan
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley: @CardinalSean
Cardinal Donald Wuerl: @Cardinal_Wuerl
Cardinal Roger M. Mahony: @CardinalMahony
Mexico
Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega: @cardenalrobles
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera: @primadodemexico
Brasil
Cardinal Odilo Scherer: @DomOdiloScherer
Colombia
Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez: @cardenalruben
Dominican Republic
Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez: @CardenalLopez
Ghana
Cardinal Peter Turkson: @TurksonCardinal
South Africa
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of Durban: @CardinalNapier
You missed Cardinal Turkson!
@TurksonCardinal
His Eminence Cardinal Turkson was named President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 24 October 2009
Elmina, Ghana · justpax.it
And Cardinal Robles
@cardenalrobles
Guadalajara, Jalisco · http://www.arquidiocesisgdl.org.mx
Thanks for your work!
Cardinal Scola has shut down his Twitter account (@angeloscola) for the duration of the conclave, but is said to restart it afterwards (unless he is elected Pope, of course…).
You can add the Cardinal from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. His account is @CardenalLopez.
Thanks for the suggestions, I have added them to the list!
Father,
Would it not be best for all the elector cardinals and others just to hold their tongues and thereby avoid accusations of touting for votes.
Todo lo que sea innovar y acercarse a las nuevas tecnologías y redes sociales me parece muy interesante y necesario. Yo digo de vez en cuando que, Internet bien utilizado se convierte en el “Milagro de la Comunicación Social”.
Yo soy un simple católico comprometido y os invito a seguirme @NCSDONALDPRESS y tengo una humilde cadena de blogs muy cercanos a la Iglesia y a Jesucristo y como no a “Ella qué lo hace y lo puede todo y es Auxiliadora del Pueblo de Dios.
You can add so Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi in spanish @CardRavasi_sp thaks
Fr Roderick… I thought perhaps you might have created this as a Public Twitter list. Not seeing one on your profile, I created one. Let us know if anyone needs to be added or modified.
Pax et bonum,
OMOS OFS
Unfortunately, the Twitter account for Cardinal Tagle turned out to be fake, so I removed it from the list.
@OMOS OFS, there *is* a public Twitter list that was compiled by Fr. James Bradley. You might want to have a look at this link: http://twitter.com/frjamesbradley/cardinals