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Food for Thought Lent is the perfect time for Christians to give up meat, according to a group which calls itself Veg4Lent. It wrote to the Catholic bishops to ask whether they agreed and posed a list of questions. About a third of the bishops in Britain have so far replied, and as might be expected, they are in the main courteous but non-committal. Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow, for instance, says he defends the right of vegetarians to avoid meat, but sees no need to do so himself or for others when he acts as host. "Were you my guests, (I would) make appropriate accommodations to meet your diet", he writes thoughtfully. A rather more blunt response comes from Bishop Ambrose Griffiths OSB of Hexham and Newcstle. "Among the many important concerns that are current, I think it has no place. I regard vegetarianism as a personal fad which people should be free to follow if they wish, but they should not impose their views on anybody else", he wrote. A Catholic on the Veg4Lent team, John Gilheany, told us he doubted whether any dioceses or parishes had adopted their initiative. "That is not entirely surprising in this line of campaigning", he said. The Tablet (8/3/03) |
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