Give up SMS for lent: Bishop

According to News24, the bishop of Modena in northern Italy told Catholic youth to give up a popular practice during the holy season of Lent: no text messaging on their mobile phones on Fridays.

No SMS will allow young people to "detox from the virtual world and get back in touch with themselves," Monsignor Benito Cocchi said, according to the newspaper La Repubblica on Tuesday.

Italy ranks second in Europe after Britain for the number of text messages - 50 per month on average - by users of the "telefonino", Italian for mobile phone, the newspaper said.

emily | 8:27 AM | SMS and Religion |
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