Road Sins: Vatican Publishes 10 Commandments for Drivers

June 20, 2007

  • June 20, 2007 at 7:19 am
    NY Irish says:
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    The pope reminds me of the Emperor who has no clothes (and our Congress for that matter) focusing on minutia (hey, we all know the rules of the road) so we don’t look at the big white elephant in the middle of the room. Clean up the sexual behavior of your priests, will you? I worry more about kids in school with these predators than I do other drivers on the road.

  • June 20, 2007 at 9:26 am
    RAL says:
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    Seems like a nerve was hit for many of you! Could you be guilty of these! Mary B,”total nutter”, how crude!

  • June 20, 2007 at 11:45 am
    comment says:
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    It seems that the Catholic Church has constricted its vision considerably. Under John Paul II, it addressed broad issues such as social justice, nuclear proliferation, genocide, opposed the wars in Iraq, etc. Now, we’re getting new versions of the 10 Commandments about driving a car that read like a feature article in USA Today. When I heard this on the radio last night, I assumed that the commentator was doing a satire…and a pretty funny one. Turns out it was true.

  • June 20, 2007 at 12:25 pm
    Brian says:
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    Is it really constricting its view? Or is it simply addressing something that is done on an everyday basis. It is easy to say big things like genocide and nuclear proliferation are wrong, but what about the little things that are done all the time and never considered? I think it’s good that the Vatican took a step back and commented on something we can all relate to.

  • June 20, 2007 at 1:36 am
    Beleive It or Not says:
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    Just think, the GEICO gecko would have been laughed at if he had published this.

  • June 20, 2007 at 2:05 am
    Cie says:
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    The original commenter really missed the point. This is an enormous issue. I think people do not realize how many casualties and damage done to our earth is caused by the automobile. I think the vatican’s request is appropriate and I wish it had gone further and mentioned for all to take opportunities to use alternative transportation.

  • June 20, 2007 at 2:06 am
    BDH says:
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    Hang up and drive people

  • June 20, 2007 at 2:12 am
    Dan says:
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    This coming from someone who can create their own schedule, is chauffeur driven, and given a police escort when they travel. Lets ‘see’ how long it would take His Holiness to break the second commandment if he had to drive in typical Roman traffic without use of the Popemobile:-)

  • June 20, 2007 at 2:24 am
    sinner says:
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    I have been confessing for sometime: My driving causes others to take the Lords’ Name in vain!

  • June 20, 2007 at 2:28 am
    jacob says:
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    I agree with hang up and drive or use handsfree. I would add extinguish the cigerette and drive as the 12th. I believe smoking related accidents are on the rise if I heard that correctly. Did someone flip the bird to His Eminence while on the road??? What was the Vaticans motivation for this.



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