CCC 1867

The catechetical tradition also recalls that there are "sins that cry to heaven": the blood of Abel,¹³⁹ Cf. Gen 4:10. The sin of the Sodomites,¹⁴⁰ Cf. Gen 18:20; 19:13. The cry of the people oppressed in Egypt,¹⁴¹ Cf. Ex 3:7-10. The cry of the foreigner, the widow, and the orphan,¹⁴² Cf. Ex 20:20-22. injustice to the wage earner.¹⁴³ Cf. Deut 24:14-15; Jas 5:4.