Pope Francis' iPad Fetches $30,500 at Auction

The holiest iPad was purchased by mystery bidder.

ByABC News
April 15, 2015, 10:20 AM
An iPad that belonged to Pope Francis that will be auctioned for charity is pictured in Montevideo on March 25, 2015.
An iPad that belonged to Pope Francis that will be auctioned for charity is pictured in Montevideo on March 25, 2015.
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— -- Pope Francis' old iPad sold for $30,500 at an auction in Uruguay this week with the proceeds benefiting a high school in the country.

Castells, the Uruguayan auction house that handled the bidding, told ABC News the pontiff gave the iPad to a Uruguayan priest with the hope that he would find a way to do something good with the tablet.

The priest donated the iPad to the Francisco de Paysandu high school, which will receive the $30,500 windfall from the holiest iPad.

Castells declined to disclose who purchased the device or the nationality of the winning bidder.

PHOTO: Pope Francis is pictured on April 15, 2014 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Pope Francis is pictured on April 15, 2014 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis said during a Google+ Hangout in February that he doesn't know how to work a computer, but that hasn't stopped the Argentinean from being a technology evangelist.

Aside from tweeting and participating in two Google+ Hangouts, Pope Francis has also proclaimed the Internet to be a "gift from God."

Let's just hope he remembered to disable his iCloud before handing over that iPad.