The first, commendable contribution of one of our new militants
Of Luca Sbroffoni
Don Carlo Tommaso Dragone (Requiem…) -in “Explanation of the Catechism of Saint Pius. For catechists”, CLS-, offers us a definition of some bad actions that unfortunately reign supreme in society (media, politics, ecc.) and also in the “traditionalist” microcosm, certainly favored by a reckless use of social media, in which everyone, behind a keyboard, he can undisturbed attack everything and everyone, condemn, judge, without a minimum of fraternal Christian charity.
So let's see what Father Dragone tells us about it: “It is a sin of slander when you attribute to others faults or defects that they do not have, or the ones he has are exaggerated... Slander is a serious fault when he falsely attributes serious faults to others, or even light but which cause serious damage…
Deduction -Father Dragone continues- “means to deduct, take something away from your neighbor's good name, revealing real flaws and shortcomings, without necessity; the deduction is also called murmur. When untrue sins and defects are attributed to others, there is slander; when real sins and defects are attributed to absent people, there is deduction or murmuring; when finally a sin or defect is accused of a person present, there is contumelia. The deduction that unnecessarily spreads knowledge of serious faults, it is a grave sin; if of light sins, it's venial. It is permissible to express the evil of others when there is a just reason, how to avoid damage to third parties… Read More
