From Little Sins, Big Sins Grow

A VATICAN official, Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, has suggested seven new sins to add to the old list. Some seem more like subsections of old offences (dealing drugs, abortion, pedophilia) and others (pollution, genetic engineering) just too hard for most of us. As for social injustice - define that. And extreme wealth? If only. The old list of pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed and sloth are quite enough for most of us. Look at the case of the New York writer A.J. Jacobs, who tried to ...