7 more deadly sins?

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I heard on the news this morning (while I was getting ready, so didn’t catch the whole thing) that the Pope “announced” (not sure what the right word to use is) 7 new deadly sins. I can’t remember all of them and I am not finding them on the internet. Anyone know where some information on this is??
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You’re welcome! 🙂

Hopefully more news will come out soon to clarify this issue for us…
 
Yeah, this is exactly why one shouldn’t listen too carefully to what the secular media says about the Church. Best to wait and get instruction from Holy Mother Church about what constitutes a mortal sin or not, and not mainstream media, which loves to twist and distort Church teachings.

Just sit tight.

FMS
 
JustAnotherThou said:
I heard on the news this morning (while I was getting ready, so didn’t catch the whole thing) that the Pope “announced” (not sure what the right word to use is) 7 new deadly sins. I can’t remember all of them and I am not finding them on the internet. Anyone know where some information on this is??
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I think this may be what you’re referring to. It’s funny how they titled it.

Vatican lists “new sins,” including pollution
 
It is still early, and since I’m still in my last few paddles before emerging from the Tiber, I’m not all that qualified to speak on the issue. But the loosey-goosey language in all of these media accounts seem to indicate that this was the private opinion of a single bishop. In short, this is not yet an “infallible” teaching either of the Church or of BXVI. Maybe such a pronouncement is forthcoming in the next year or two, but as of yet, this seems like media hyperbole and an utter failure to understand Catholic teachings.
 
My point exactly. You have an interview with one member of the Church, in relation to topic A, he makes a comment about topic B, and suddenly, the MSM insists that the “Church” has issued a list of seven new deadly sins. As if binding Church teaching is made by Archbishops during newspaper interviews. :rolleyes:

Good grief. Don’t these journalists have some sort of education? Or is the Church just such great bait that they throw all sort of credibility out the window when seeing the very word? I just think of the “Islam 101” or “Intro to Buddhism” or whatever I endure every time I read a piece on a non-Christian religion…would be nice to benefit a bit from that sort of sensitivity.

So no, we’re not going to have to confess throwing away those pop cans. Or using the clothes dryer when we could line dry them.

FMS
 
Here’s another article about it:
foxnews.com/story/0,2933,336330,00.html
Eastern Catholics do not recognize the same distinction between mortal and venial sins as the Western or Latin Church does, nor do they believe that those people who die in a state of sin are condemned to automatic damnation.
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Did they mean to say Eastern Orthodox here? Eastern Catholics don’t have doctrinal differences with the West.

In Christ,
Rand
 
Would be interested if anyone has a subscription to the L’Osservatore Romano and what the original article in there said. I have looked on the Vatican website and it seems they don’t put the whole publication online.
 
Here’s the problem I have with environmental pollution being a mortal sin, though I do understand what someone said about waiting for clarification: when you put your trash out to the street, it pollutes the environment. Just because it’s government regulated, doesn’t mean it’s not pollution. Every time you urinate and flush the toilet, you waste untold gallons of fresh water to simply dispose of a basically sterile liquid, contributing to a huge environmental problem in most 1st world countries. Has it really come to the point of your answer to, “Paper or plastic?” putting you in danger of hell fire?

In any case, I’m interested in seeing what kind of clarification is given from Rome.
 
Rand_Al_Thor said:
Did they mean to say Eastern Orthodox here? Eastern Catholics don’t have doctrinal differences with the West.
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Don’t you love it. “Eastern Catholics?” Would that be New York Catholics versus San Francisco Catholics? 😉
 
I saw this and was just to post a think. I think this is good PR for the church. It shows that catholicism is not a political ideology and cannot therefore be controlled by soley liberals or conservatives.
 
Sagefrakrobatik, I would tend to disagree that this is good PR. What gives you the idea that there’s anything moderate about these positions? They are about as conservative as they come. The environmental stewardship issue is the issue often touted as liberal, but the only difference between liberals and conservatives there is in approach; neither group believes polluting is good.
 
JustAnotherThou said:
Would be interested if anyone has a subscription to the L’Osservatore Romano and what the original article in there said. I have looked on the Vatican website and it seems they don’t put the whole publication online.
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Where did you see this on Vatican’s Website. I’ve looked around on it and I can’t seem to find it.
 
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Where did you see this on Vatican’s Website. I’ve looked around on it and I can’t seem to find it.
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I am going to clarify because I don’t know if I am misunderstanding you or if you are misunderstanding me. I found L’Osservatore Romano on the Vatican’s website here vatican.va/news_services/or/or_eng/index.html

I didn’t see this anything about this on there, I posted that I would be interested if anyone had a subscription to L’Osservatore Romano because that is apparently where the initial interview with this bishop was. At least what the Secular media has supposedly quoted from. That is why I was wondering if anyone has a subscription to L’Osservatore Romano, to see what the original article actually said.
 
Feedmysheep said:
Yeah, this is exactly why one shouldn’t listen too carefully to what the secular media says about the Church.
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Exactly.

At least one can hope for a more truthful sharing of some comments by Bishop Gianfranco Girotti in quoted this Zenit article or from CNS .

With the headline “Recycle or go to Hell” is exactly what Father Federico Lombardi was talking about w/ the quote below,
"This happens when the media are not used for ‘the proper purpose of disseminating information, but to create events,’ or at least to amplify their importance, to manipulate their correct interpretation, or impose particular interpretation for ideological purposes, economic and political interests or interests of any other sort.
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Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican’s press office
Vatican Aide Comments on Message for Media Day
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Even the ones listed by the media can be put into the already general 7 deadly sins.
 
IrishAm said:
Don’t you love it. “Eastern Catholics?” Would that be New York Catholics versus San Francisco Catholics? 😉
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IrishAm,

“Eastern Catholic” is actually a common (and accurate) term for non-Roman rite Catholics. And it is true that eastern Catholics do not typically distinguish between “mortal’” and “venial” sin–not semantically, at least. While we tend to refer to “degrees of sin,” we’re really just using different language to express the same theological reality.

God bless,

Chris
 
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