The Church of England’s Lent challenge: give up plastic

THIS IS SOMETHING I EXPECTED FROM ROME, HA HA HA – PLASTIC-LESS PIETY R.N.S.

All over the Christian world, the faithful are making sacrifices for the penitential season of Lent, which began last week. Some are giving up chocolate; others are turning away from Twitter. But the Church of England has one slightly unconventional vice it wants its parishioners to give up: plastics. MORE