The Mystery Of 'Like' Pope Francis's Instagram Account In A Sexy Brazilian Model Photo

JAKARTA - Vatican officials are investigating after someone using Pope Francis' official Instagram account liked a sexy photo of a half-naked Brazilian model.

Sexy model Natalia Garibotto confirmed that Pope Francis' verified account is one of 133,000 likes on a photo showing her wearing a sexy cheerleading costume standing in a school locker. The photo was uploaded on 6 October.

"My mother may hate the pictures of my butt, but the Pope likes," the Brazilian model joked as reported by the Daily Star, Thursday, November 19.

Pope Francis' Instagram account is seen giving a 'like' to a sexy photo of Natalia Garibotto

The mystery like this appeared on Friday, November 13 and was removed the next day. The Vatican representative declined to comment on this 'embarrassing' event.

According to Catholic News Agency, the pope's social media accounts are managed by a team of employees. So far, the account doesn't follow any other accounts.

As for Natalia, she is currently having fun with her newfound fame among devout Catholics. He said he had "an official blessing" from Pope Francis.

"At least I went to heaven," said Natalia.

He added that the part of the body on display in the photo "Pope Francis likes" is his best photo.

Pope Francis' Instagram account does not follow any other accounts

"People follow me because of my butt," he continued.

"The perfect Insta shot, for me, was myself oiled on the beach in a bright little bikini showing off my butt."

An internal investigation is underway to determine how the likes occurred.