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Hey Folks -
Here are two news stories on the same subject put out on the same day. It struck me how much one tip-toed around the social justice aspects, concentrating on genetics/science. In the second story below you'd almost think the Vatican hadn't even mentioned such "sins" as causing social injustice, causing poverty, and becoming obscenely wealthy.
As the Uke Man has said many times: everything is presented from the perspective of the jerks on top and in a way that best serves keeping them there.
Uke Man -
Recycle or go to Hell, warns Vatican
By Malcolm Moore in Rome - Telegraph Media (UK)
Failing to recycle plastic bags could find you spending eternity in Hell, theVatican said after drawing up a list of seven deadly sins for our times.# Your view: What are the 'deadly sins' of our time?
The seven, which include polluting the environment, were announced by MonsignorGianfranco Girotti, a close ally of the Pope and the head of the ApostolicPenitentiary, one of the Roman Curia's main court.
Recycling could save your soul from eternal damnationPolluting the environment by failing to recycle is one of the new seven deadly sins
The "sins of yesteryear" - sloth, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, wrath and pride -have a "rather individualistic dimension", he told the Osservatore Romano, theofficial Vatican newspaper.
The new seven deadly, or mortal, sins are designed to make worshippers realisethat their vices have an effect on others as well.
"The sins of today have a social resonance as well as an individual one," said Mgr Girotti. "In effect, it is more important than ever to pay attention to your sins."
According to Roman Catholic doctrine, mortal sins are a "grave violation of God's law" and bring about "eternal death" if unrepented by the act of confession.
They are far more serious than venial sins, which impede a soul's progress inthe exercise of virtue and moral good.
Mgr Girotti said genetic modification, carrying out experiments on humans,polluting the environment, causing social injustice, causing poverty, becoming obscenely wealthy and taking drugs were all mortal sins.
Vatican lists "new sins," including pollution
By Philip PullellaMon Mar 10 - Reuters
Thou shall not pollute the Earth. Thou shall beware genetic manipulation. Modern times bring with them modern sins. So the Vatican has told the faithful that they should be aware of "new" sins such as causing environmental blight.
The guidance came at the weekend when Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti, the Vatican's number two man in the sometimes murky area of sins and penance, spoke of modern evils.
Asked what he believed were today's "new sins," he told the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano that the greatest danger zone for the modern soul was the largely uncharted world of bioethics.
"(Within bioethics) there are areas where we absolutely must denounce some violations of the fundamental rights of human nature through experiments and genetic manipulation whose outcome is difficult to predict and control," he said.
The Vatican opposes stem cell research that involves destruction of embryos and has warned against the prospect of human cloning.
Girotti, in an interview headlined "New Forms of Social Sin," also listed "ecological" offences as modern evils.
In recent months, Pope Benedict has made several strong appeals for the protection of the environment, saying issues such as climate change had become gravely important for the entire human race.
Under Benedict and his predecessor John Paul, the Vatican has become progressively "green."
It has installed photovoltaic cells on buildings to produce electricity and hosted a scientific conference to discuss the ramifications of global warming and climate change, widely blamed on human use of fossil fuels.
Girotti, who is number two in the Vatican "Apostolic Penitentiary," which deals with matter of conscience, also listed drug trafficking and social and economic injustices as modern sins.
But Girotti also bemoaned that fewer and fewer Catholics go to confession at all.
He pointed to a study by Milan's Catholic University that showed that up to 60 percent of Catholic faithful in Italy stopped going to confession.
In the sacrament of Penance, Catholics confess their sins to a priest who absolves them in God's name.
But the same study by the Catholic University showed that 30 percent of Italian Catholics believed that there was no need for a priest to be God's intermediary and 20 percent felt uncomfortable talking about their sins to another person.
(Editing by Keith Weir)
Here are two news stories on the same subject put out on the same day. It struck me how much one tip-toed around the social justice aspects, concentrating on genetics/science. In the second story below you'd almost think the Vatican hadn't even mentioned such "sins" as causing social injustice, causing poverty, and becoming obscenely wealthy.
As the Uke Man has said many times: everything is presented from the perspective of the jerks on top and in a way that best serves keeping them there.
Uke Man -
Recycle or go to Hell, warns Vatican
By Malcolm Moore in Rome - Telegraph Media (UK)
Failing to recycle plastic bags could find you spending eternity in Hell, theVatican said after drawing up a list of seven deadly sins for our times.# Your view: What are the 'deadly sins' of our time?
The seven, which include polluting the environment, were announced by MonsignorGianfranco Girotti, a close ally of the Pope and the head of the ApostolicPenitentiary, one of the Roman Curia's main court.
Recycling could save your soul from eternal damnationPolluting the environment by failing to recycle is one of the new seven deadly sins
The "sins of yesteryear" - sloth, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, wrath and pride -have a "rather individualistic dimension", he told the Osservatore Romano, theofficial Vatican newspaper.
The new seven deadly, or mortal, sins are designed to make worshippers realisethat their vices have an effect on others as well.
"The sins of today have a social resonance as well as an individual one," said Mgr Girotti. "In effect, it is more important than ever to pay attention to your sins."
According to Roman Catholic doctrine, mortal sins are a "grave violation of God's law" and bring about "eternal death" if unrepented by the act of confession.
They are far more serious than venial sins, which impede a soul's progress inthe exercise of virtue and moral good.
Mgr Girotti said genetic modification, carrying out experiments on humans,polluting the environment, causing social injustice, causing poverty, becoming obscenely wealthy and taking drugs were all mortal sins.
Vatican lists "new sins," including pollution
By Philip PullellaMon Mar 10 - Reuters
Thou shall not pollute the Earth. Thou shall beware genetic manipulation. Modern times bring with them modern sins. So the Vatican has told the faithful that they should be aware of "new" sins such as causing environmental blight.
The guidance came at the weekend when Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti, the Vatican's number two man in the sometimes murky area of sins and penance, spoke of modern evils.
Asked what he believed were today's "new sins," he told the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano that the greatest danger zone for the modern soul was the largely uncharted world of bioethics.
"(Within bioethics) there are areas where we absolutely must denounce some violations of the fundamental rights of human nature through experiments and genetic manipulation whose outcome is difficult to predict and control," he said.
The Vatican opposes stem cell research that involves destruction of embryos and has warned against the prospect of human cloning.
Girotti, in an interview headlined "New Forms of Social Sin," also listed "ecological" offences as modern evils.
In recent months, Pope Benedict has made several strong appeals for the protection of the environment, saying issues such as climate change had become gravely important for the entire human race.
Under Benedict and his predecessor John Paul, the Vatican has become progressively "green."
It has installed photovoltaic cells on buildings to produce electricity and hosted a scientific conference to discuss the ramifications of global warming and climate change, widely blamed on human use of fossil fuels.
Girotti, who is number two in the Vatican "Apostolic Penitentiary," which deals with matter of conscience, also listed drug trafficking and social and economic injustices as modern sins.
But Girotti also bemoaned that fewer and fewer Catholics go to confession at all.
He pointed to a study by Milan's Catholic University that showed that up to 60 percent of Catholic faithful in Italy stopped going to confession.
In the sacrament of Penance, Catholics confess their sins to a priest who absolves them in God's name.
But the same study by the Catholic University showed that 30 percent of Italian Catholics believed that there was no need for a priest to be God's intermediary and 20 percent felt uncomfortable talking about their sins to another person.
(Editing by Keith Weir)
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