The Pope announced 7 new sins which include ...




The Holy Father did not create these sin's, he just identified problems and clarified for the faithful that they are sins. Let me give you an example that my help here.

In Matthew 5:28 Christ says "but I say to you that everyone that looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." That makes it pretty clear that looking pornography is a sin. Now, we are also charged biblically speaking, to work as a community to preserve each other's souls (love your brother as yourself), so should you be one that tempts others with pornography, it to is a sin. Pretty simple and logically pure. However, while prostitution was an issue in biblical times, internet porn was not.

These things that His Holiness has labeled as sin's are more recent problems created and magnified by negative forces in society. Since it is the church's role to serve as the moral compass and to lead people to him(this was a charge given to us by Christ), it is his duty to interpret and teach. He's just making sure that you know that when you throw that empty McD's cup out the window as you drive down the interstate, it is a sinful act. Does that mean you are going to Hell for littering, no, of course not. That is not a theologically sound teaching.

As for the earlier posts about sex being only for procreation, that is a whole other topic, but that is NOT what the church teaches. That is Jansonist and has been defined as a heresy on more than one count by the Church. It is a common misunderstanding of why the church teaches that the use of ARTIFICIAL contraception is immoral (for one, things like IUD, the pill, etc are abortive and killing a baby is certainly a sin), use of things like the barrier method are sins more because you are thumbing your nose at God. Like I said, it's a very drawn out conversation, but believe me, it is theologically sound and I'll be more than happy to discuss it with anyone that wants to. Feel free to email me directly on the site if you would like to know more.