I think this is funny. This is from the Times of London:
Chrch sez stop txtn 4 lent. Or, put another way, the Italian branch of the Roman Catholic Church wants its followers to forswear text messaging,
social-networking Web sites and computer games in the run-up to Easter.
While many Italians traditionally give up fatty foods or, in extremis, alcohol, the appeal to go without some of the trappings of
the modern world, including Facebook, iPhones and computer games, on Fridays — and on other days if possible — is unprecedented.
It appears to stem partly from Pope Benedict XVI's recent warning to the young not to substitute "virtual friendship" for real human
relationships.
The Pontiff warned on his YouTube site in January that "obsessive" use of mobile phones or computers "may isolate individuals from
real social interaction while also disrupting the patterns of rest, silence and reflection that are necessary for healthy human development."
Pope Benedict also has personal experience of the distractions of obsessive texting. President Sarkozy of France, a renowned
technophile, came in for withering criticism for checking his mobile phone for text messages during a personal audience with the Pontiff.
I like the fact that the Pope said this from his YouTube page!. Here's a video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkbXNNGk6Jo )of the pope talking
about the internet.
PS: Don't forget about the Day of Caring ( http://www.sttimothysws.org/index.php?option=com_ckforms&view=ckforms&id=1&Itemid=102 ).
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