Worst Case
Apparently, lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride are not the worst of your worries.
For the first time Vatican officials will this week discuss in public sins committed by clergy considered so deadly that they require forgiveness from the Pope himself, The Times Online reports.
For the "five worst sins" confession is not enough, and a special dispensation from the Pope himself is needed for absolution.
Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, Cardinal Stafford's deputy at the Penitentiary, said although he could not "give numbers", the five deadly sins were on the increase, and it took "constant work" by the tribunal to keep pace. In theory cases were decided at one sitting, but it sometimes took several sessions for the tribunal to satisfy itself that penance was "authentic, spontaneous and sincere," Monsignor Girotti said.
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