“I like” the Pope in a photo of a model in...

Brazilian model Natalia Garibotto reacted with humor to a “taste” of Pope Francis on the official Instagram account in which the young woman unveils photos in smaller, provocative outfits. But the Vatican did not like this “like” at all and asked that social network for an explanation.

“At least I’m going to heaven,” wrote Natalia Garibotto in reaction to a “taste” posted by Pope Francis’ official account in a provocative and erotic post that the 24-year-old model has uploaded to the Internet. Seen on August 13, the “taste” that displeased the Vatican has since been removed from the publication, a photo in which the young woman appears as an almost naked college girl.

For the more conservative canons of the Catholic Church, Natalia’s Instagram account is not the best way to heaven. In the gallery there is a lot of naked body left to the clothes that she exhibits to more than 2.5 million followers, in poses and costumes that are often provocative and not very consistent with Catholic modesty.

To Pope Francis, who, against years of Catholic orthodoxy, considers the pleasures of sex and food divine and defends the right of marriage between homosexuals, in the purest Christian sense of “all are children of God”, perhaps Natalia’s rise to heaven, not even the little clothes with which the young woman exhibits herself on social networks.

But for the Vatican, the “like” of the Pope’s official account in a photo of a young woman in provocative dress is a serious matter. The British newspaper “The Guardian”, the “seat” of the government of the Catholic Church, has already asked for explanations and wants to know how a “taste” of Franciscus was glued to the naked image of the young model of 24 years.

“We can exclude that the taste was placed by the Holy See. Instagram was asked to explain,” a Vatican spokesman told that British newspaper.

The pope has a large presence on social networks, with 7.4 million followers on Instagram, but he does not follow anyone, and around 19 million on Twitter, but he rarely writes anything, much less gives “likes” on other accounts.

“The pope is not like Donald Trump, he doesn’t sit around with his phone or computer” writing “tweets”, explains Robert Mickens, editor of the Catholic newspaper “La Croix”, working in Rome.

“He approves of tweets – but not likes – and on very rare occasions he said he would like to write something in the face of emergencies. So it will have nothing to do with it,” added Mickens, speaking to “The Guardian” .