CBCP to Catholics: ‘Fast’ from digital media this Lent

2026-02-16 - 21:16

MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is calling on the faithful to practice fasting—not from food, but from too much use of phones and social media—as an act of penance this coming Lenten season. In a pastoral letter issued on Monday, the CBCP invited Filipino Catholics to “undertake a digital