but the sins won’t allow themselves to be hidden. Thank God for the sacrament of penance, as “the regular confession of our venial sins helps us form our conscience, fight against evil ...

Not all sin is mortal (1 John 5:17), but all sin, even venial sin (less serious sin), needs correction. This correction is temporal punishment. It is demanded by God to correct the bad effects of ...

250 A.D. "The clergyman who is deposed for mortal sin, shall not be excommunicated." St. Basil the Great, "Canonical Letter" c. 374 A.D. "There are venial sins and there are mortal sins.

Therefore, moderate cigarette smoking is not sinful, unless for special reasons a doctor forbids it, while immoderate smoking is a sin. It is probably only a venial sin for healthy smokers ...