"I need to stroll with you along the method for God's kindness and delicacy," he composed on the photograph sharing stage, under the record name franciscus.
"Instagram will recount the tale of a papacy, letting everybody who needs to go along and become more acquainted with the papacy of Pope Francis," Vatican correspondences boss Dario Vigano said.
Photographs from Vatican day by day the Osservatore Romano will be posted, and in addition brief recordings, "to attempt to show subtle elements which illustrate... parts of closeness and consideration which Pope Francis experience each day," he said.
Pope Francis met Instagram boss and originator Kevin Systrom at the Vatican a month ago.
Instagram, which was procured by online networking mammoth Facebook in 2012, had more than 400 million clients as of the end of February.
