The Pope And Condoms
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I’d normally just ignore comments I don’t agree with from the Pope or other religious leaders, but, no matter what he believes personally or as the head of the Catholic Church, saying that AIDS “cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems” is only going to lead to more people getting infected and dying.
Despite understanding some of the theological reasons for the objection of the church to sex before marriage and the use of contraception, I can’t understand how they can continue to tell people not to use condoms when all the evidence suggests that letting them do so will save a great number of people’s lives. How can having more sick and dying people be better than having less?