The nun harnessing Twitter to spread her message to the masses

Pope Francis called on Catholics to 'build an outward-looking church', and Xiskya Valladares is helping others do just that

Pope Francis was probably not dwelling on the myriad uses and abuses of social media when he called for a "bruised, dirty and hurting" Roman Catholic church that would more closely resemble the flawed 21st-century world to which it ministers.

But, as far as one technologically engaged nun is concerned, the Twitter-sphere is equally deserving of the church's presence.