This just in: New sins!

Somehow the Catholic church has managed to come up with a list of new 'sins', regardless of their lack of authority to do so. While not official, they were outlined by Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti. They seem to encourage the protectionist thinking (or should I say absence of critical thinking) the Catholic church is well known for.

The thing I find truly interesting about the list is that many of them seem to be very 'popular' topics of late. And they grabbed a bunch of sensationalist headlines as a result. Heck I'm posting them on my blog. Is this a PR stunt?!

birth control
stem cell research
drug abuse
polluting
helping widen the gap between rich and poor
excessive wealth - *coughcatholicchurchcough*
creating poverty