The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Original Sin

"Although it is proper to each individual, original sin does not have the character of a personal fault in any of Adam's descendants. It is a deprivation of original holiness and justice, but human nature has not been totally corrupted: it is wounded in the natural powers proper to it, subject to ignorance, suffering and the dominion of death, and inclined to sin - an inclination to evil that is called concupiscence". Baptism, by imparting the life of Christ's grace, erases original sin and turns a man back towards God, but the consequences for nature, weakened and inclined to evil, persist in man and summon him to spiritual battle.

The Church's teaching on the transmission of original sin was articulated more precisely in the fifth century, especially under the impulse of St. Augustine's reflections against Pelagianism, and in the sixteenth century, in opposition to the Protestant Reformation. Pelagius held that man could, by the natural power of free will and without the necessary help of God's grace, lead a morally good life; he thus reduced the influence of Adam's fault to bad example. The first Protestant reformers, on the contrary, taught that original sin has radically perverted man and destroyed his freedom; they identified the sin inherited by each man with the tendency to evil (concupiscentia), which would be insurmountable. The Church pronounced on the meaning of the data of Revelation on original sin especially at the second Council of Orange (529) and at the Council of Trent (1546)."

Two things are concerning in this. The Doctrine of Original Sin affirms that Original Sin is erased in Baptism, but that the great battle between man and Satan continues due to his weakened nature. But, I thought a weakened nature was part and parcel with Original Sin. It seems that in this sense, Original Sin is simply a convenient manner of condemning the entire human race. Of course human nature is weak, no kidding. The second concern is that the doctrine arises within a specifically Western conflict in Pelagianism, but it does not give the Western Church license to draft new dogma foreign to the East. The Roman Church is certainly correct that the Protestant reformers were extreme in their estimation - that freedom is lost.

I think the better way to say it is that sin unequivocally brings death to the human race. Not only does Adam's sin bring death, but our personal sin does the same. Baptism brings us out of death into life (1 John 1:14, Romans 6:3). This isn't Pelagianism - it affirms Man's need for Grace. It is unnecessary to say that we inherit the guilt of Adam's sin. My personal sin and guilt are certainly enough to condemn me. We are simply brought into a fallen world. That ought to be enough.