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The enormity of Catherine’s cancer diagnosis, and her plea for “time, space and privacy,” have eclipsed the venial sins of Kate-Gate.

Besides the many venial sins uncovered by the authors, a graver set of dubious practices emerges.

There are mortal lies and venial lies, cruel lies and merciful lies.

“People are venial, people want attention, people are angry, people are jealous,” the governor said.

Gene Weingarten’s entertaining and otherwise accurate list of venial sins in his Nov. 1 Washington Post Magazine column, “Gene engages in venial labor,” reflected an error of canonical proportion.