Summery
For years the Catholic Church has a stance against the use of condoms. Now the Pope Benedict XVI has overturned this long-standing church ban on condoms by saying that their use is acceptable in exceptional circumstances. This statements has caused a lot of confusion. What does the pope mean with those exceptional circumstances? The pope still insist that condoms are not the main solution to the Aids epidemic. Apparently, the pope means that the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV, is only allowed, when it is used by homosexual man or homosexual prostitutes as a first step towards moralisation.
Opinion
This statement of the pope is obviously ridiculous in all kinds of ways. First of all, the church ban on the use of condoms, has caused a huge number of deaths in Africa, in which I believe the Catholic church is a large contributor. Second, the Catholic church knows, just like any well thinking person, that the use of condoms is the main solutions to the Aids epidemic. The problem is that they cannot change their opinion, because this would cause a lot of confusion. This is exactly what you see in this article, were the pope tried to change the opinion of the church, and immediately got shot down.
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