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Lenten Press (2002/03)

Veggies Fed Up for Lent

Church of England bishops have declined an invitation to give up meat for Lent, writes Rachel Harden. Veg4Lent, a campaign sponsored by the Christian Vegetarian Association, asked nearly 60 bishops to support its Vegetarian Lent initiative. The bishops, a quarter of whom replied, were also asked to comment on five specific related concerns.

The Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, said he "would not wish to endorse" the initiative, though he said he had "considerable sympathy" with Christian vegetarians.

The Bishop of Birmingham, Dr John Sentamu, was among several bishops who queried the meaning of parts of the letter. "For my own Lenten observance, I will heed the Lord's command not to make a public show of it."

The Bishop of Hereford, the Rt Revd John Oliver, said: "I do not believe vegetarianism is an essentially grave moral issue."

The Bishop of London, thr Rt Revd Richard Chartres, replied: "I do believe that as we seek to make a Christian response to the unsustainable contemporary project of growth without limit, with no end in view beyond the process itself, the reinvigoration of the Christian Lenten practice is very desirable."

In an open letter, Don Gwillim, a Veg4Lent spokesman, said that less than a third had been "prepared to embrace genuine misgivings, as to the role of our religion, in 850 million animal killings each year in this country". www.veg4lent.org

Church Times (11/4/03)

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