Greed, Pride And Vanity: Article Analysis

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There's three main points of this article. This article as a whole reflects on evil. One main point is that the root of all evil lies in greed, pride and vanity. In this article the Pope said people who seem perfect may actually be suffering from 'osteoporosis of the soul.' This is another main point because people whose lives seem perfect, can turn out to be opposite. Sickening of the soul is present in people from the evil. For example, "vanity is like osteoporosis of the soul, the bones on the outside look good, but inside they are all ruined.”
Greed is a selfish and excessive desire for more of something than is needed. Vanity is inflated pride in oneself or one's appearance. "Vanity, in fact, compels people to hide their mistakes and cover