Read the Catechism in a Year Day 236 - More on Sin and Vice How can a person be delivered from a serious sin and reunited with God? In order to heal the break with God that is caused by a serious sin, a Catholic Christian must be reconciled with God through confession. What are vices? Vices are negative habits that deaden and dull the conscience, incline a person to evil, and habitually prepare him for sin. Human vices are found in connection with the capital sins of pride, avarice, envy, anger, lust, gluttony, and sloth (or acedia, spiritual boredom). Are we responsible for the sins of other people? No, we are not responsible for other people’s sins, unless we are guilty of misleading or seducing another person to sin or of cooperating in it or of encouraging someone else to sin or of neglecting to offer a timely warning or our help. Is there such a thing as structures of sin? Structures of sin exist only in a manner of speaking. A sin is always connected with an individual person, who knowingly and willingly agrees to something evil. Nevertheless, there are societal situations and institutions that are so contradictory to God’s commandments that we speak about “structures of sin”—yet these, too, are the consequence of personal sins. (YOUCAT questions 317-320)
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