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 ...

Q. 1365. What sin is it for Catholics to be married before the minister of another religion? A. It is a mortal sin for Catholics to be married before the minister of another religion, and they who ...

"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 ...

Gregory the Great's list of vices were the considered "mortal" or "deadly ... t expected to be perfect. Sin happens, as they say; the important thing in the religion is that you repent, confess ...