Money, religion and politics. In the realm of polite conversation, these were once the three mortal sins. I’ve always thought of my family as fairly barbarous; not quite as likely to rape and pillage ...

"Adultery, fraud, and manslaughter are mortal sins." St. Cyprian of Carthage, "Treatise VII," c. 250 A.D. "The clergyman who is deposed for mortal sin, shall not be excommunicated." St. Basil the ...

(2) Actual sin is sub-divided into greater sins, called mortal, and lesser sins, called venial. Q. 275. In how many ways may actual sin be committed? A. Actual sin may be committed in two ways ...

So if one has lost all that he owned (and perhaps even a family member) and that person commits suicide, has he committed a mortal sin? I don’t believe so; it seems to me that person was in ...

Under the Fifth Commandment, it stated that voting for a pro-choice candidate is a mortal sin. Is this actually so? And what would happen if both candidates were pro-abortion? (Virginia Beach ...