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Posted Mon Mar 10 2008: from Reuters Africa: Vatican lists "new sins," including pollution http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1205184493 "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. 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." [Read more stories about: ] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

The ApocaDocs say: Progressimo! Now if we could just get the Vatican to think through how overpopulation is fueling a lot of our environmental problems, then we'd really be getting somewhere. NEXT> More stories: Bat die-off now found in Western Mass. Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China (Vatican lists "new sins," including pollution) Amazon's worst-ever drought in 2005 caused by global warming Waterworld Want to explore more? Try the PaniCloud!

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