Vatican Lists Seven 'Social' Sins
By Bloomberg News
March 11, 2008
The Vatican has put together a list of seven "social" sins that includes excessive wealth, drug abuse, littering, genetic tampering, and creating poverty. The seven social sins include "bioethical" violations such as birth control, "morally dubious" experiments such as stem cell research, drug abuse, polluting the environment, contributing to widening divide between rich and poor, excessive wealth, and creating poverty.