Re: Is smoking a mortal sin?

Jun 25, '07, 11:51 pm

Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,359 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

Re: Is smoking a mortal sin? I'm almost 100% sure I once heard a priest on EWTN, I don't remember his last name, Father Jaques (Dahley?, he filled in for Mother Angelica for a short period about six years ago before Fr. Mitch Pacwa took over, and has had one or two series) say it was a Venial Sin; Fr. Jaques said he smokes. Some priests smoke. The Catholic priest who edits First Things magazine and has been a guest on Raymond Arroyo's WOL on EWTN many times also smokes; they talked about it once and how it the priest smokes while he writes. Given that, I would say it is at most a venial sin. I can't imagine it being a mortal sin if these two priests smoke, and Raymond mentioned it on his show.