With the four threads about new Vatican pronouncements on sins, I figured we needed to get the truth.
In my opinion the media is spinning something that Pope Benedict said.
Does anyone know what it was?
Actually it wasn’t Pope Benedict. It was an Archbishop Girotti, and he was talking about sin, and including research on human embryos, not being a good steward of the environment, etc. Some British newspaper ran with it, creating the ‘new grave sins’ story out of whole cloth.
In my opinion the media is spinning something that Pope Benedict said.
Does anyone know what it was?
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Actually, it was something a Bishop high in the Vatican said. From what I can gather, he was trying to contexualize the seriousness of contemporary offenses such as abortion and the bioethical issues involved in human cloning.
Yes, the media have spun it in a ridiculous way.
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Good post about the 7 Deadlies — gave me pause. Thanks for the ping.