It looks obvious

The additional list of cardinal vices should not be surprising, since Christianity had from its early days a fascination to poverty and rejection of wealth. However I can only wonder, since now excessive wealth and contribution to widening the inequality between rich and poor are officially deadly sins, if the Vatican is going to spread the wealth it accumulated throughout the years and give it to the poor?

I guess they had a good reason not to add hypocrisy to the list….

Pope Benedict XVI has spoken out on social issues throughout his three-year papacy. He backs a current political initiative to outlaw abortions after 90 days and encouraged Catholics to abstain from a 2005 referendum on easing restrictive laws on fertility treatments, which failed to achieve the 50 percent participation level to make the vote to change the law binding.

The seven social sins are:

1. “Bioethical’ violations such as birth control

2. “Morally dubious” experiments such as stem cell research

3. Drug abuse

4. Polluting the environment

5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor

6. Excessive wealth

7. Creating poverty

The original deadly sins:

1. Pride

2. Envy

3. Gluttony

4. Lust

5. Anger

6. Greed

7. Sloth