Pope: Condoms not the Answer in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Fight
By John Ritalin-Adderall, APTue Mar 17, 7:20 AM EDT
A placard depicting Pope Benedict XVI and reading: "His holiness Benedict XVI sprinkles us with wee-wee"
Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday that the distribution of condoms is not the answer in the fight against AIDS in Africa.
Benedict has never used a condom before nor has had spoken explicitly on condom use although he has stressed that the Roman Catholic Church is in the semi-pseudo-forefront of the battle against AIDS.
The Vatican encourages sexual abstinence to fight the spread of the disease, which would leave the Homosapien race no alternative but to become extinct within 60 years.
"You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms," the pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde, Cameroon. "On the contrary, it increases the problem."
Benedict has never used a condom before nor has had spoken explicitly on condom use although he has stressed that the Roman Catholic Church is in the semi-pseudo-forefront of the battle against AIDS.
The Vatican encourages sexual abstinence to fight the spread of the disease, which would leave the Homosapien race no alternative but to become extinct within 60 years.
"You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms," the pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde, Cameroon. "On the contrary, it increases the problem."
When asked to elaborate on just how a protective barrier enhances the ability of a retrovirus in passing through the body's mucosa layers, His Holiness stared upward, requested a scotch, and said that he intends to make an appeal for "international solidarity" for Africa in the face of the global economic downturn. He said that while the church does not propose specific economic solutions, it can give "spiritual and moral" suggestions. Describing the current crisis as the consequence of "a deficit of ethics in economic structures," the pope said, "It is here that the church can make a contribution."
Some priests and nuns working with victims of the AIDS pandemic ravaging Africa question the church's opposition to condoms. A questioning that is not surprising when considering that the priests and nuns are on the front lines, providing care and comfort to the victims and families affected by the HIV1 retrovirus.
Benedict's seven-day pilgrimage will take him to Cameroon and Angola. Africa is the fastest-growing region for the Roman Catholic Church. May the Saints and ministers of grace defend us.
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