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Originally Posted by Burninator
Condoms 'aggravate' AIDS scourge, Pope says
Pope Benedict arrived for his first trip to Africa as Pontiff yesterday and denounced condom use on the AIDS-ravaged continent, saying there were better ways to combat the disease.
AIDS "is a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems," the 81-year-old Pontiff told reporters on the flight from Rome.
The solution lies in a "spiritual and human awakening" and "friendship for those who suffer," said Pope Benedict, who will also visit Angola during the week-long trip.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/...781/story.html
The globe and mail article left out the rest of his quote where he says condoms are making the problem worse. wow.
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As we've also seen the problem isn't just the Vatican and its edicts but the perversion of Catholicism in Africa mixed with tribal beliefs. Examples would include that 'sex with a virgin girl' is a cure for Aids, and that children can be witches and justifiably thrown away or killed by a family based on a preacher's judgment.
Condoms with education is the key to getting Aids under control, and if the Vatican was right about their church teaching these people how to live a good moral life and avoid aids then Africa with its highly religious nature would be a shining example of success.
Too bad that's not reality, too bad they have poverty and suffering to deal with, where abstinence seems quite irrelevant when you are dying of starvation and you believe in tribal nonsense like a cure for aids is found in sex with a virgin.
The pope should be ashamed, he's contributing to the suffering of these people, he cares more about obedience to his belief than reality of what is going on in Africa.