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René Ostberg
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
René Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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![St. Gregory the Great](https://cdn.britannica.com/69/211769-050-62D1A5DF/Pope-Gregory-I-St-Gregory-the-Great.jpg?w=320&h=240)
Lust, in Roman Catholic theology, one of the seven deadly sins. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, issued by the Vatican in 1992, lust is the “disordered desire for or inordinate enjoyment of sexual pleasure.” It goes on to state that “sexual pleasure is morally disordered when…
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