The Eighth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
What does it mean to be truthful?
Truthfulness means that one acts sincerely and speaks honestly. The truthful individual guards against double-dealing, misrepresentation, malicious deception, and hypocrisy. The worst form of untruthfulness is perjury. A great evil in all communities is slander of other people and malicious gossip: A tells B "confidentially" something derogatory that C said about B. (YOUCAT question 455)
Dig Deeper: CCC section (2475-2486) and other references here.
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