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Title: Pope Benedict condones condom use in some cases - book
Post by: spacial on November 20, 2010, 12:43:19 PM
Seems the Pope has OKed limited condom use.

Quote"In certain cases, where the intention is to reduce the risk of infection, it can nevertheless be a first step on the way to another, more humane sexuality," he said.

The Pope gives the example of the use of condoms by prostitutes as "a first step towards moralisation", even though condoms are "not really the way to deal with the evil of HIV infection".

The pope says that the "sheer fixation on the condom implies a banalisation of sexuality" where sexuality is no longer an expression of love, "but only a sort of drug that people administer to themselves".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11804398 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11804398)
Title: Re: Pope Benedict condones condom use in some cases - book
Post by: glendagladwitch on November 20, 2010, 01:22:52 PM
I figured he OKd them for use in preventing depositing of incriminating evidence in altar boys.