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

February 19, 2018
By Tara Isabella Burton
Vox

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.