Proving that the Archbishop of Canterbury does not have a monopoly on stupid ideas, Mgr Gianfranco Girotti, a senior adviser to the Pope, has come up with an updated list of the seven deadly sins: genetic modification, carrying out experiments on humans, polluting the environment, causing social injustice, causing poverty, becoming obscenely wealthy, and taking drugs.
Allow us to suggest our own list of Seven Vices Best Avoided in Ecclesiastical Pronouncements: prissiness, moralising, over-familiarity, self-righteousness, babyishness, cant and, above all, banality.