The list includes pollution, drugs, genetic manipulations, social and economic injustices for weakening intelligence, widening the gap between the rich and poor and causing "unbearable social injustice." These notes flesh out the traditionally-recognized list many of us had hammered into our heads by nuns, teachers and fed-up parents of the seven deadly sins of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.
This announcement was made at the conclusion of week-long Vatican conference on confession -- an event I imagine was either totally juicy or, considering that a recent survey revealed that 60% of Catholics do not attend confession, was dead silent.
Regardless, we know have a modernized list of what can get Catholics into confession. We also have an interesting statement by the Vatican to ponder that the ills of the individual can cause sickness for the whole of society. It's up to each of us, I guess, to decide if we define unhealthy in the same way as the Pope.
