Pope’s Instagram page likes racy photo of scantily clad model (Screenshot)

The Vatican has commenced an investigation into how Pope Francis‘ official Instagram account “liked” a photo of a scantily clad Brazilian bikini model Natalia Garibotto.

The screenshot of the Instagram “like” surfaced on social media on November 13 but the photograph was unliked on November 14, after the Catholic News Agency (CNA) asked the Holy See Press Office for comment.

The controversial picture showed Garibotto dressed in a revealing tartan ‘skirt’ and suspenders leaning against a locker with most of her posterior visible in view.

Sources close to the Vatican press office confirmed to Catholic News Agency that the pope’s various social media accounts are managed by a team of employees and that an internal investigation is underway to determine how the “like” happened.