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Old 08-18-2008, 04:59 PM
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It's a shame that they haven't sent it to you. I am positive that it's Italian original will read almost exactly the same as this English translation provided on the Action Blog. The reason for my confidence is due to my deep respect for the Action Institute.

Bishop Girotti invented no new sins. He presented the reflections that many moral theologians have been making for many years. In this case it was the media's hype that changed a theological and spiritual reflection into an object of sensation and controversy.

Vatican edicts are never delivered by second tier Vatican officials. This whole story is is an especially vivid example of modern journalism as hyperkinetic child overstimulated by a hunger for a head-turning angle that might draw an audience. Important stories, sometimes the product of months of serious reporting, that in an earlier era would have captured the attention of the entire media community can disappear with barely a whisper. Bishop Girotti said that the modern world does not understand the nature of sin according to Roman Catholic theology. With the way they covered this interview, the mass media unintentionally underlined the Bishop's point.

You may not see this the same way as I do, and you may choose to believe the media on this one. I'm not going to. Not when every Catholic source I've encountered denies there are any "new" sins.

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