When does gossip become a mortal sin?
The short answer
Unless the matter is common news, gossip that lowers someone's opinion of a third person is a grave action. Done with full knowledge and deliberate consent, it becomes a mortal sin. Gossip is far more serious than most of us like to admit.
Grave matter
When gossip — about anything other than a matter of common news — makes someone think less of another person, it is a grave action.
When it is mortal
If that grave action is done with full knowledge and deliberate consent, it is a mortal sin.
Take it seriously
Gossip is a far more serious matter than most of us like to consider.
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