Why the Seven Deadly Sins are Deadly: Greed & Envy

In our modern world it seems downright medieval to talk about the seven deadly sins. It doesn't matter if something comes from the middle ages or the prehistoric age. If it's true its true in every age, and the seven deadly sins are a pretty good summary of what's wrong with the world because they're a good summary of what's wrong with me and you. For Lent this column will zip through the seven deadly sins and see how they're killing our culture.
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Cardinal Dolan: Cannot Rest When Faced with so Grave a Threat to Religious Liberty

"If the government can, for example, tell Catholics that they cannot be in the insurance business today without violating their religious convictions, where does it end? This violates the constitutional limits on our government, and the basic rights upon which our country was founded.Much remains to be done. We cannot rest when faced with so grave a threat to the religious liberty for which our parents and grandparents fought. In this moment in history we must work diligently to preserve religious liberty and to remove all threats to the practice of our faith in the public square." (Timothy Cardinal Dolan)
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Pope Benedict XVI Instructs the Faithful on the Journey of Spiritual Renewal in the 40 Days of Lent

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