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Despite the hopes of secularist aid organizations, the Vatican has strongly reiterated its position that the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS has been and will continue to be a deadly failure. At a conference this weekend sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, a roster of speakers defended and promoted the Church’s position that teaching responsible sexual behavior is the only realistic solution to the global HIV/AIDS crisis.
Michel Sidibé, the head of UNAIDS, one of the world’s most energetic promoters of the condom solution, had recently praised what he took to be Pope Benedict’s recent “clarification” on the use of condoms. He said he welcomed the pope’s comment in an interview that to use a condom for HIV prevention purposes could represent “a first assumption of responsibility.” Sidibé called this an important step: “It has helped me to understand his position better and has opened up a new space for dialogue.”
But since those comments hit the media, the Vatican has been at pains to make clear that the pope had not intended them to indicate an acceptance of condoms for AIDS prevention. That message was reiterated at this weekend’s conference when Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Permanent Observer of Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, quoted from the same interview, saying, “We cannot solve the problem (of AIDS) by distributing condoms.”
lifesitenews.com/news/pope-benedict-xvi-discusses-condoms-and-the-spread-of-hiv/
Michel Sidibé, the head of UNAIDS, one of the world’s most energetic promoters of the condom solution, had recently praised what he took to be Pope Benedict’s recent “clarification” on the use of condoms. He said he welcomed the pope’s comment in an interview that to use a condom for HIV prevention purposes could represent “a first assumption of responsibility.” Sidibé called this an important step: “It has helped me to understand his position better and has opened up a new space for dialogue.”
But since those comments hit the media, the Vatican has been at pains to make clear that the pope had not intended them to indicate an acceptance of condoms for AIDS prevention. That message was reiterated at this weekend’s conference when Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Permanent Observer of Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, quoted from the same interview, saying, “We cannot solve the problem (of AIDS) by distributing condoms.”
lifesitenews.com/news/pope-benedict-xvi-discusses-condoms-and-the-spread-of-hiv/