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Mar 10, 2008 11:52 am US/Eastern

Vatican Lists 7 New Modern Day Sins

BOSTON (WBZ) ― The Catholic Church has come out with a list of seven new modern day sins - 1,500 years after announcing the original Seven Deadly Sins.

The Vatican said it was time to modernize their list of mortal sins, the most serious of sins, to fit the changing world. Traditionally, mortal sins are those considered to break the Ten Commandments.

The new sins outlined in the Vatican's official newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, include:

  1. Genetic modification
  2. Human experimentations
  3. Polluting the environment
  4. Social injustice
  5. Causing poverty
  6. Financial gluttony
  7. Taking drugs
According to the Catholic Church, a person who commits a mortal sin risks burning in hell unless it's absolved through confession and penitence.

The original Seven Deadly Sins, established by Pope Gregory the Great in the 6th century, are:



  1. Lust
  2. Gluttony
  3. Avarice
  4. Sloth
  5. Anger
  6. Envy
  7. Pride

 

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