<P> The expression is derived from Genesis 4: 10 ("The Lord said to Cain...the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth"). They are referenced in the Douay Catholic Catechism of 1649 . </P> <Ul> <Li> The "blood of Abel": homicide, infanticide, fratricide, patricide, and matricide </Li> <Li> The "sin of the Sodomites". </Li> <Li> The "cry of the people oppressed in Egypt, the cry of the foreigner, the widow, and the orphan": slavery and marginalization </Li> <Li> The "injustice to the wage earner": taking advantage of and defrauding workers </Li> </Ul> <Li> The "blood of Abel": homicide, infanticide, fratricide, patricide, and matricide </Li> <Li> The "sin of the Sodomites". </Li>

Sins that cry out to heaven for justice