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By Lynda Johnson Mar 13, 2008

Vatican City is back for more and the question is, are you guilty? With the new Vatican list surely you are and surely they are. The church has released a new list of seven deadly sins and they have stirred controversy and the list will be met with shouts of hypocrisy for the church. It's rather difficult to even tell where they are going with the list but for those that wish to see what Vatican City is up to, these are the new ones to avoid.

Guilty? New Seven Deadly Sins: Vatican Lists New Sins to Avoid

The seven new deadly sins were published in an issue of the L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official newspaper. Monsignor Girotti named the new mortal sins to be: (1) genetic modification; (2) human experimentations, (3) polluting the environment; (4) social injustice; (5) causing poverty; (6) financial gluttony; and (7) taking drugs.

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ABC News reports that in the newspaper interview, the number two Vatican official suggested the old seven deadly sins were largely individualistic: lust, wrath, gluttony, sloth, greed, pride, and envy. But in the modern world, modern sins have a much bigger social impact.

"We have shown a constant ability to find new ways to offend God's law," said John Wauk, who is a priest at Opus Dei and literature professor at Rome's Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. No argument there.

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