Church blesses phones
By Shalini Singh

In India, the Hindu priest blesses new homes and conducts Pujas to ward off the evil eye. Images and statues of Hindu gods and goddesses protect our cars and offices.

Now, a church in United Kingdom has blessed mobile phones and iPods. Timesonline reports

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Two hymns had been sung and the sermon preached when the Rev Canon David Parrott lifted his right hand to begin the blessing of the smart phones.

The congregation at St Lawrence Jewry in the City of London raised their mobiles and iPods above their heads and Canon Parrott raised his voice to the heavens to address the Lord God of all Creation. “May our tongues be gentle, our e-mails be simple and our websites be accessible,” he said.

This was Church 2.0. Behind him, the altar resembled a counter at PC World. Upon it, laid out like holy relics, were four smart phones, one Apple laptop and one Dell.
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