Plenty of others had way better things to say about them as well ...

Paulos Faraj Rahho

Toby has a touching and thoughtful entry on the Parousians blog regarding the tragic death of Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul in Iraq. See He Has Finished the Race

"New" 7 deadly sins

Also, everyone was talking about the "New" seven deadly sins earlier this week. I would be remiss in my duty in leaving out something mentioning this. The fact is, it should have been a non-story. "The media incorrectly interpreted this application to the social sphere as an update of the Church's seven deadly sins." There are no new deadly sins. Consider these new ones social sins. They are:

1. genetic modification
2. human experimentations
3. polluting the environment
4. social injustice
5. causing poverty
6. financial gluttony
7. taking drugs

And they are rooted in the existing deadly sins. I won't go any more in depth than that. The big deal is that the press blew it. I know. Its shocking. The real question is when is the press going to issue corrections to the literally thousands of articles that went out misrepresenting the addition of new deadly sins? I won't hold my breath.