Has AIDS changed the Church's view of condom use?

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A group was discussing the AIDS epidemic in Africa and one of the group said that “the reason it is so bad is that Catholic missionaries taught the African people that they would go to Hell if they used condoms”. Have teachings changed since AIDS has become so prevalent?
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