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Pope Benedict sends out quick tweet before general audience

Urges renewed commitment to God on papal Twitter feed

13 February, 19:40
Pope Benedict sends out quick tweet before general audience (ANSA) - Vatican City, February 13 - As Pope Benedict XVI headed into his penultimate general audience Wednesday in the Paul VI Hall of the Vatican, he could not resist sending out a quick tweet.

"In the time we begin Lent, let us renew our commitment to conversion by giving more space to God". The message on the pope's Twitter feed summarized the themes of his general audience marking the 85-year-old German pontiff's first public appearance since he shocked the world on Monday by announcing he would step down at the end of the month.

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