Italy's Catholics asked to give up texting, surfing Net during Lent

Thursday, March 5, 2009

ROME -- Roman Catholic bishops in Italy are urging the faithful to go on a high-tech fast for Lent, switching off modern appliances from cars to iPods and abstaining from surfing the Internet or text messaging until Easter.

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