Bless me father, for I have polluted

By On March 10, 2008 · 3 Comments · In Random

icon_prayer.jpgI wonder if Hail Marys now work like carbon credits.

Vatican lists “new sins,” including pollution

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.

Asked what he believed were today’s “new sins,” he told the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano that the greatest danger zone for the modern soul was the largely uncharted world of bioethics.

 
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3 Responses to Bless me father, for I have polluted

  1. innerredneckexposed says:
    March 10, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    these are not new sins, per se. These are based on moral traditions that Catholics have already had. We already know we are stewards of the Earth and in fact, my indoctrination, uh, education at Catholic schools taught us to take care of the Earth is doing God’s will.

    Makes sense…

  2. Kimmiega says:
    March 10, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    Is impure water the same number of hail mary’s as impure thoughts?

    I once had to do a full novenna for my “impure thoughts”

  3. innerredneckexposed says:
    March 10, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    I should add that the use of “thou” and stuff is not in place by Catholics and, as as a matter of fact, was started by a rogue ancestor who happened to be protestant, Miles Coverdale.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myles_Coverdale

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