▁Pope ▁to ▁create ▁an ▁Inst agram ▁account . ▁He ▁broke ▁records ▁after ▁having ▁gained ▁over ▁one ▁million ▁follow ers ▁in ▁under ▁twelve ▁hours ▁of ▁the ▁account ▁being ▁up . ▁ ▁Dist in ctions ▁ ▁Tit les ▁and ▁styles ▁ ▁The ▁official ▁style ▁of ▁the ▁Pope ▁in ▁English ▁is ▁His ▁Hol iness ▁Pope ▁Francis ; ▁in ▁Latin , ▁Francis cus , ▁Epis cop us ▁Rom ae . ▁Holy ▁Father ▁is ▁another ▁honor ific ▁often ▁used ▁for ▁pop es . ▁ ▁His ▁full ▁title , ▁rarely ▁used , ▁is : ▁ ▁His ▁Hol iness ▁Francis , ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Rome , ▁Vic ar ▁of ▁Jesus ▁Christ , ▁Success or ▁of ▁the ▁Prince ▁of ▁the ▁Apost les , ▁Supreme ▁Pont iff ▁of ▁the ▁Universal ▁Church , ▁Pr imate ▁of ▁Italy , ▁Arch bishop ▁and ▁Metropolitan ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁Province , ▁S over eign ▁of ▁the ▁V at ican ▁City ▁State , ▁Serv ant ▁of ▁the ▁servants ▁of ▁God . ▁ ▁The ▁best - known ▁title , ▁that ▁of ▁" P ope ", ▁does ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁official ▁list ▁of ▁titles , ▁but ▁is ▁commonly ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁titles ▁of ▁documents , ▁and ▁appears , ▁in ▁abbre vi ated ▁form , ▁in ▁their ▁sign atures ▁as ▁" PP ." ▁standing ▁for ▁Papa ▁( P ope ). ▁The ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁An nu ario ▁Pont ific io ▁lists ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁formal ▁title , ▁except ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Rome , ▁as ▁" histor ical ▁titles ." ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁custom ary ▁when ▁referring ▁to ▁pop es ▁to