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VATICAN CITY - In the Vatican's latest update on how God's law is being violated in today's world, Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, whose office deals with matters of sin and absolution, has told the Vatican newspaper what -- in his opinion -- are the "new sins." He cites pollution, genetic experiments, mind-damaging drugs and the imbalance between rich and poor -- sins that he says have a "social rather than individual" dimension. It's not the first time that the Vatican has sought to put a modern spin on sin. Last year, the Vatican took on the problem of highway accidents, issuing a kind of "Ten Commandments" for drivers against the sins of road rage, alcohol abuse and even rudeness behind the wheel.