The AIDS conference being hosted by the Vatican this weekend is worth keeping an eye on. Far too much of the commentary around AIDS and condoms as a preventive strategy degenerates into a simplistic either/or: “use condoms to prevent AIDS”…
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The Problems of the Pope’s “Condom” Interview.
Two things are clear about Benedict XVI’s interview with his remarks on condoms: the extraordinary interest, and the widespread confusion it has created. A front page story in yeterday’s Guardian featured interviews with Catholic students at my previous home parish…
Condoms and the “Marital Act”.
I got home late last night to find the news sites ablaze with reports that Pope Benedict has conceded that there could be some justification for the use of condoms “in certain cases”. Most reports see this (very slight) shift…
DIY Catholicism: Swiss Church’s Condom Campaign
There have been many illustrations of ordinary Catholics open defiance of Vatican doctrine, especially on contraception, but this is one of the most remarkable I have seen: a Swiss Catholic church openly distributing condoms as part of an AIDS awareness…
Condoms on the Bishops’ Doorstep: Phillippines
In their steadfast defence of Humanae Vitae, the Bishops of the world continue to ignore the plain evidence that the policy contradicts the recommendations of the papacy’s own commission, and is patently ignored by all but a tiny minority of…
