Vatican lists "new sins," including pollution http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSL109602320080310?sp=true
Mon Mar 10, 2008
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY (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. http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSL109602320080310?sp=true