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• Liberal Catholics urge pope for reforms as consultations start
• Jesus was the world's first tweeter: Vatican
• Judges weigh religious exemption for health law

Liberal Catholics urge pope for reforms as consultations start Posted: 25 Sep 2013 09:59 AM PDT By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters) - Liberal Catholics have asked to meet Pope Francis to add their views to talks next week on changes in the Church, hoping the conciliatory tone he has brought to the papacy will allow more open decision making. More than 100 groups of reform-minded Roman Catholics sent the appeal in an open letter to the pope and the eight cardinals he has chosen to help him govern the worldwide Church and reform its troubled bureaucracy, the Curia. Francis holds his first talks with the advisory board of cardinals next week. ...

Jesus was the world's first tweeter: Vatican Posted: 25 Sep 2013 08:03 AM PDT Rome (AFP) - Jesus Christ was the world's first tweeter because his pronouncements were "brief and full of meaning", Vatican cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi said Wednesday.

Judges weigh religious exemption for health law Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:54 AM PDT A federal appeals court is considering whether for-profit businesses can be exempted from a contraceptive mandate in the health care law because of the owners' religious views. The law already exempts ...

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