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March 2009

Italian bishops call for moratorium on digital media on Lenten Fridays

March 10, 2009

Several bishops of Italian dioceses have suggested their parishioners give up modern technology alongside meat on Fridays during Lent. Turin has suggested not watching television during the fast month, while Modena, southern Bari and a few other dioceses asked for a ban on text messaging on Fridays. The Modena diocese stated this is to draw [...]

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