The Vatican is investigating how it “liked” a photo of a model in a schoolgirl’s clothes from Pope Francis’ official facial Instagram account.
A Vatican spokesman told NBC News on Friday that he wanted an answer from the popular social media app.
“We’re studying what happened with the help of competent office fees on Instagram,” said Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican Press Office Fees.
One team runs the Pope’s social media accounts, but the Vatican believes the “likes” came from an outside source.
In a photo posted on Natalia Garibotto’s Instagram on Oct. Nat, the lingerie model can be seen wearing a school girl-inspired outfit and high white stockings with suspenders.
It was not immediately clear when the pope’s official account blessed the model, but the “likes” appeared on November 13 before the next day’s dislike, the Catholic News Agency reported.
Garybotto’s management company CYYCO wasted no time in using the opportunity to promote the model on social media.
The company said on Instagram on November 13 that “COY Co. has received the FP’s physical blessing.”
As of Friday morning, Pope Francis is not following anyone on his widely popular Instagram account, which has more than 7.4 million followers.
Garibotto, who has 2.4 million Instagram followers, proudly endorsed.
“At least I’m going to heaven,” the model joked on Twitter.
