Thursday March 05, 2009
Thou shalt not text, nor listen to thy iPod: Bishops set new rules for Lent
Paul Bompard
Independent
Catholic Church offers modern alternatives to age-old tradition of fasting
Chocolate, cigarettes and alcohol may be the predictable vices to give up for the 40 days of Lent but Italians are being urged to abstain from more contemporary pleasures, like texting, Facebook and iPods.
The Bishop of Modena, in northern Italy, has called on young Italians to give up on Fridays their addiction to sending text messages, in the run-up to Easter Sunday. Archbishop Benito Cocchi said that this would help them to "cleanse themselves from the virtual world and get back into touch with themselves".
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