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--Voluntary and direct suicide is always amost grave sin, if committed without due authority (i. (a) It is a moral virtue, one pertaining to justice, and hence itdiffers from the special duty of charity owed to parents and country(see 1158, 1171 sqq. XXXIV, No. --The application of the rules for grave matter willalso be at times very difficult on account of uncertainties aboutcircumstances of time, person, etc.