[Apologetics] Not "new sins" but an old media blind spot

[Art Kelly]

The Forum: Not "new sins" but an old media blind spot
  
by Phil Lawler 
special to CWNews.com 

Mar. 10, 2008 (CWNews.com) - When he finished his
interview with L'Osservatore Romano, Archishop
Gianfranco Girotti probably thought that his main
message had been an appeal to Catholics to use the
sacrament of Confession. Little did he know that the
English-language news media would play the interview
as a newly revised list of sins. 

Archbishop Girotti, the regent of the Apostolic
Penitentiary, spoke to the Vatican newspaper about
"new forms of social sin" in our era. He mentioned
such transgressions as destructive research on human
embryos, degradation of the environment, and drug
trafficking. Within hours, dozens of media sources
were suggesting that the Vatican had radically revised
the Ten Commandments, issuing a list of "new sins." 

As usual, a British newspaper leapt to the forefront
with the most sensational and misleading coverage. The
Daily Telegraph made the preposterous claim that
Archbishop Girotti's list replaced the traditional
Catholic understanding of the seven deadly sins: 


It replaces the list originally drawn up by Pope
Gregory the Great in the 6th Century, which included
envy, gluttony, greed, lust, wrath and pride.
Could we have a reality check, please? 

The full article is at
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57130

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