{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Catholics told to silence iPods, stop texting, Web surfing for Lent' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bc3bd8eafeecae12b128' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bc3bd8eafeecae12b128' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nCatholics told to silence iPods, stop texting, Web surfing for Lent\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eRoman Catholic bishops in Italy are urging the faithful to go on a high-tech fast for Lent, switching off modern appliances from cars to MP3 players and abstaining from surfing the Web or text messaging until Easter.The idea gives a...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRoman Catholic bishops in Italy are urging the faithful to go on a high-tech fast for Lent, switching off modern appliances from cars to MP3 players and abstaining from surfing the Web or text messaging until Easter.\u003cbr/\u003eThe idea gives a modern twist to more traditional forms of abstinence in the period Christians set aside for fasting and prayer ahead of Easter, and shows the church's increasing focus on the use of technology as well as its perceived abuses.\u003cbr/\u003eDioceses and Catholic groups in Modena, southern Bari and other cities have taken up a ban on text messaging every Friday in Lent, which began last week with Ash Wednesday.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a small way to remember the importance of concrete and not virtual relationships,\" the Modena diocese said in a statement. \"It's an instrument to remind us that our actions and lifestyles have consequences in distant countries.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe diocese said the 'No SMS day' seeks especially to draw attention to years of conflict in the Congo, in part fuelled by the struggle for control of coltan mines. The mineral is an essential material in cell phones.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Turin diocese, meanwhile, is suggesting the faithful not watch television during Lent, while in the northeastern city of Trento the church has set up a \"new lifestyles\" calendar that proposes different changes in everyday life for each of the period's five weeks.\u003cbr/\u003eSome ideas include leaving cars at home and using a bike or bus, refraining from throwing chewing-gum on the street and recycling waste, and enjoying the silence of a week without the Internet and iPods.\u003cbr/\u003eItalians and clergy reacted cautiously to the proposals, with some saying Lenten abstinence should be a personal matter and others contending that people who depend on technology to work shouldn't be asked to give it up.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am a priest but I don't understand. Why shouldn't I send a text message? I can even use a text message to give advice to someone, to respond to the needs and demands of the faithful,\" said Father Josip, a priest from Croatia.\u003cbr/\u003eMany of the appeals for technological abstinence could be found on the Web sites of the various dioceses, highlighting the church's increasing and in this case contradictory appreciation for the reach of modern communication, even as it remains wary of new media.\u003cbr/\u003eIn January, the Vatican launched its own YouTube channel, with an inaugural address by Pope Benedict XVI who welcomed viewers to this \"great family that knows no borders\".\u003cbr/\u003eBenedict praised social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace for forging friendships and understanding, but cautioned that online networking could isolate people from real social interaction.\u003cbr/\u003eThe 81-year-old pope has also warned about what he has called the tendency of entertainment media to trivialise sex and promote violence.\u003cbr/\u003eMarch 4, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of St Peter's Square, pan right\u003cbr/\u003e2. Pilgrims in the square  looking at mobile phone and camera\u003cbr/\u003e3. Man walking in St Peter's Square while talking on the phone\u003cbr/\u003e4. Couple writing sms message in St Peter's Square\u003cbr/\u003e5. Editor in Chief of Osservatore Romano, Vatican daily newspaper, sitting in his office\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Giovanni Maria Vian, Editor in Chief of Osservatore Romano:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Media in themselves are not negative, it is necessary to be careful with their use. To be in front of a tv the whole day it is not a positive reality, same if someone stays in front of a play station the whole day.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of coliseum \u003cbr/\u003e8. Medium of woman writing text message\u003cbr/\u003e9. Man with cell phone\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of coliseum\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Tourist, Piero Pietro:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Everyone is always chatting on the cell phone, sending messages, there is little real dialogue. Interpersonal relations are almost over. Even my children are always on their cell phones chatting and sending text messages.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close up of hand writing text message\u003cbr/\u003e13. Tilt down girl to cell phone\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close writing text message\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Father Josip, Croatian tourist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am a priest but I don't understand.  Why shouldn't I send a text message? I can even use a text message to give advice to someone, to respond to the needs and demands of the faithful.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Medium cell phone in hand\u003cbr/\u003eFILE - January 23, 2001\u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium back shot person looking at computer monitor with YouTube and Pope Benedict XVI web site\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close-up arrow on monitor showing \"the Vatican\" YouTube web page - pan down to Vatican videos\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close-up monitor and arrow pointing at Pope Benedict XVI  video on YouTube\u003cbr/\u003e20. Monitor with video of Pope Benedict XVI reading message for World Communication Day UPSOUND: (Italian) Pope Benedict XVI: \"You must find new ways to spread voices and images of hope through the ever-evolving communications system that surrounds our planet with more and more fine-mesh net.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMarch 4, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e21. Father John Wauck, Literature Professor at the Holy Cross University, sitting down in his studio\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Father John Wauck, Literature Professor at the Holy Cross University:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that the different messages, or impression one has of the Church's attitude towards modern communication technology, has to do with the complexity of the technology itself, that it is used in fact for the service of others. It's made very useful for many forms of work and at the same time we are all aware that people can at least waste time if they are not engaging in much worse activities using the modern communications technologies. So technology itself is ambivalent, it can be used for good and for bad, and so the church's message is 'Yes, use it for the good' and 'No, avoid the evil use that it can easily be put to'.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide St Peter's Square\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='action-container flex justify-between'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' aria-label='Read more description' class='rp-full-description' type='button'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cspan id='read_more'\u003eRead More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-report'\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='resource-details-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='resource-details-heading'\u003eResource Details\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-resource-details clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eCurator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"star-rating\" aria-label=\"3.5 out of 5 stars\" role=\"img\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star-half-stroke text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-regular fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"educator-rating-title\"\u003eEducator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"educator-rating-details\" data-path=\"/educator_ratings/rrp_data?resourceable_id=1078304\u0026amp;resourceable_type=Boclips%3A%3AVideoMetadata\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"not-yet-rated\"\u003eNot yet Rated\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eGrade\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd title=\"Grade\"\u003eHigher Ed\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eSubjects\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;search_tab_id=1\u0026amp;subject_ids%5B%5D=1216220\"\u003eAll Subjects\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eMedia Type\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;search_tab_id=2\u0026amp;type_ids%5B%5D=4543650\"\u003eNews Clips\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eSource:\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eDate\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e2009\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-solid fa-language'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eAudiences\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?audience_ids%5B%5D=371079\u0026amp;grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;search_tab_id=1\"\u003eFor Teacher Use\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\u003cdd class=\"text-muted\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-lock mr5\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e2 more...\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='concepts-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='concepts-heading'\u003eConcepts\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='details-list concepts' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator' data-type='concepts'\u003emining, business, information technology, europe, time, italy, western europe, entertainment, christianity\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='concepts-toggle-buttons' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' class='more btn-link' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-down ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='true' class='less btn-link' style='display: none;' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow Less\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-up ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='additional-tags-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='additional-tags-heading'\u003eAdditional Tags\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='details-list keyterms' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator' data-type='keyterms'\u003emetals and minerals, mobile phone technologies, online distribution, fact, consumer electronics, communication technologies, text messaging, good, messages, social affairs, materials, wireless communication, entertainment distribution, information and communication technologies, church, internet communication, roman catholicism, internet services, mobile devices, pope benedict, modern communication, industries, european union, wireless technology, online virtual communities, internet technologies, telephone, consumer product technologies, mobile phones, streaming media\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='keyterms-toggle-buttons' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' class='more btn-link' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-down ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='true' class='less btn-link' style='display: none;' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow Less\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-up ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='educator-ratings-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title sr-only' id='educator-ratings-heading'\u003eEducator Ratings\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"educator-ratings-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"all-educator-ratings-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"educator-rating-form-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-resource'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Show resource details' class='rp-show-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nShow resource details\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Video player' class='player' id='player-wrapper' role='region'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='relative container mx-auto' id='lp-boclips-visitor-thumbnail'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"block\" data-html=\"true\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-trigger=\"click\" data-content=\"\u003cdiv class=\u0026quot;text-center py-2\u0026quot;\u003e\u003ca class=\u0026quot;bold\u0026quot; href=\u0026quot;/auth/users/sign_in\u0026quot;\u003eSign in\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca class=\u0026quot;bold text-danger\u0026quot; data-posthog-event=\u0026quot;Signup: LP Signup Activity\u0026quot; data-posthog-location=\u0026quot;body_link_boclips\u0026quot; data-remote=\u0026quot;true\u0026quot; href=\u0026quot;/subscription/new\u0026quot;\u003eJoin Now\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\" data-title=\"Get Full Access\" data-container=\"body\" rel=\"popover\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Play video: Catholics told to silence iPods, stop texting, Web surfing for Lent\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"resource-img img-thumbnail img-responsive z-10 lp-boclips-thumbnail w-full h-full lozad\" alt=\"Catholics told to silence iPods, stop texting, Web surfing for Lent\" title=\"Catholics told to silence iPods, stop texting, Web surfing for Lent\" onError=\"handleImageNotLoadedError(this)\" data-default-image=\"https://static.lp.lexp.cloud/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/missing.png\" data-src=\"https://static.lp.lexp.cloud/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/missing.png\" width=\"315\" height=\"220\" src=\"data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs\" /\u003e\n\u003cspan aria-hidden='true' class='flex justify-center items-center bg-white rounded-full w-16 h-16 absolute top-1/2 left-1/2 -mt-8 -ml-8 cursor-pointer z-0 border-2 border-primary drop-shadow-md lp-boclips-thumbnail-playBtn'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fa-solid fa-play text-primary text-3xl ml-1 drop-shadow-xl'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"}