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1. Everything against the law of love is a sin of some degree. I find I live in an era of illusions, delusions, confusions and lies all in the name of aggressive 'happiness' for expensive bullies and being 'busy' and making more and more money.
   The bit of maudlin sentiment that shows through itself is a illusion.
   For those who believe and pray the spiritual abuses of our time are a persecution.
   We learn to love the person, created by a loving God, and hate the attitudes and behaviour.

   Posted By: maryanna

2. It has been a while since I have heard a priest refer specifically to "sin" in the seven parishes I have attended since 2000, which is probably a good thing since there was such an over-emphasis on mortal sin in the College where I spent 6 years as a boarder back in the 1960s. Generally, most students in the school I teach in -and most parents- do the right thing even if they are not overly religious (cattolico non fanatico).
   
   Evil is clearly condemned in the daily media and students have a strong sense of what is clearly wrong or unjust, particularly when they are the victim. It is probably helpful to identify new evils as they emerge although a number of those listed by the pious Cardinal are controversial. Listening to Chris Prowse on the radio this morning (Tues) it appears that a moral theologian would be reluctant to say every new sin listed in Rome is a case of serious sin. Since one of the conditions of mortal sin is that there should be clear intention of turning away from God, there would be very few, one imagines, of the desperate seeking an abortion, who would give adequate thought to the possibility that their relationship with God would be imperilled and that they faced an eternity in hell. Chris Prowse, my old lecturer, said that the final judgement would be left to God which is as good a way as any of passing the buck.
   
   Just on the subject of confession, one would think that priests, in general, are mightily and privately relieved that they are not spending hours in a small darkened stuffy room having buckets of trivial guilt- ridden gunk tipped on them. I doubt that there will be the new round of sinners turning up for confession. Rather, it will be our older brigade who are turning up for Mass and looking to make a general confession prior to pushing off this mortal coil.

   Posted By: Graeme Lawler

3. It's a shame (but not surprising) the sin of sexism isn't in there.

   Posted By: Donella Johnston

4. Have we reached the ultimate ludicrous Vatican myopia??...who really cares about a new list of "deadly sins" which will have no impact whatever on any thinking people when sadly the Vatican seems to have no understanding of what sin is really about, and they continue to be unable to do or say anything to bring the freedom of the sons and daughters of God to the people of God??

   Posted By: rock

5. "You offend God ... by ... carrying out morally debatable scientific experiments..."
   
   If the experiments are morally debatable, it's not exactly certain that they're offending god, is it? Perhaps he meant to say "morally wrong"?

   Posted By: Liam

6. After reading and rereading the "additional modern mortal sins" I thought for a few minutes and the more I thought about this the more my blood pressure rose. How dare any of you "Holy Men" make new rules,especially the new rule about excessive wealth while You "HOLY MEN" do not live like the saints of old, in poverty. You sit in a castle decorated with gold, wear italian made shoes and have million dollar paintings on the walls. All that "gold, etc" could support the poor, very poor and poorest of the world not just Europe BUT THE ENTIRE WORLD. If you think I'm a bit upset about this, you could honestly say that. I don't feel the Pope should start rewriting things to suit himself or going back to the old ways just to make himself a "happy camper". I believe in the Trinity with all my heart. Jesus is my life director and teacher. I believe He would say to you all in the castle "SHAME ON YOU". He would say live as I lived not as you do now in a castle of gold. God bless you all.

   Posted By: Dianne Poston

7. There was a time when Catholics were instructed that serious sin involved
   a) grave matter
   b) full knowledge
   c) full consent.
   Are we to understand that the Cardinal's thoughts are intended to cover issues theologians debate?
   What happens to people who do not read Catholic headlines and do not login to the Vatican declarations? What happens to those who never hear of such views expressed in a Catholic pulpit or church - or elsewhere for that matter? Ray

   Posted By: rlamerand

8. I think it a sin when the Vatican will not re-visit the idea of married and or worker priests. I'm equivocal about women priests, but when there aren't any seminarians in my state of South Australia studying for the Priesthood, when most of our Priests are approaching retirement age, when we the people can-not get to Holy Mass because there are NO PRIESTS. Confession, Holy Mass, and a lot of the Sacraments will I fear become a memory. I often wonder what ALMIGHTY GOD thinks as HE watches the machinations of the Vatican preserving their little Empire.

   Posted By: Dean Williams

9. There is nothing in Abp Girotti's words which justifies the absurd idea that the Vatican can "update sins for the modern world" or "add to the list of mortal sins". Not to mention the photo which gives the impression, so widespread in the anti-Catholic media, that matters of "supposed" morality and immorality are purely arbitrary rules invented by "the Vatican".
   
   If something is a mortal sin today, it always has been and always will be. What is good or bad depends on the eternal and unchangeable nature of man. Certainly some sins (such as IVF) were not technologically possible in previous ages, but it has always been true that when and if they became possible, it would be a sin to commit them. Forms of polluting the environment, drug trafficking and taking, social and economic injustices and excessive wealth, even genetic manipulation (eugenics/selective breeding) and yes Donella, sexism, have all been present since ancient times and have all always been condemned by the Church as sins.

   Posted By: Ronk

10. Greetings!
    I would simply like to get some information / response to my concern and the concern of many others as to why doesn't the Vatican sell off the vast treasures it has and give them to the world's poor?

    Posted By: philip melanson

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