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		</div><p>The Pope has urged Catholics to put down their phones and turn off the TV this Lent.</p>
<p>In a world “polluted by too much verbal violence”, Pope Francis warned of the “offensive and harmful words” being amplified online in a speech to a general audience on Ash Wednesday.</p>
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<p>Pope Francis said Lent should be a time to switch from such technology and “open the Bible” instead.</p>
<p>“Lent is a time to disconnect from cell phones and connect to the Gospel,” he said, according to Vatican News.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fasting means knowing how to renounce vanities that pass away and superfluous things, to get to what is essential. It means seeking the beauty of a simpler life. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lent?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lent</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GeneralAudience?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GeneralAudience</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Pope Francis (@Pontifex) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/1232643979138752514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>“It is the time to give up useless words, chatter, rumours, gossip, and talk and to speak directly to the Lord.”</p>
<p>There was no television when Pope Francis was a child and his family made a point of not listening to the radio, he told thousands of attendants in St Peter’s Square.</p>
<p>He also reminded people of the importance of fasting over the 40-day Lent period, saying: “Fasting is being capable of giving up the superfluous and going to the essential.</p>
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<p>“Fasting is not only losing weight, it is seeking the beauty of a simpler life.”</p>
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