Pope says condom use acceptable ‘in certain cases’
November 21st, 2010 - 12:51 am ICT by BNO NewsVATICAN CITY (BNO NEWS) — Pope Benedict XVI, in a book due out Tuesday, said that condom use is acceptable “in certain cases, where the intention is to reduce the risk of infection.”
Condoms “can nevertheless be a first step on the way to another, more humane sexuality,” Benedict said in the book “Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times.”
In excerpts published in the Vatican newspaper, Pope Benedict cites the example of the use of condoms by male prostitutes to fight AIDS, but said condoms are not a moral solution for them.
The Vatican has prohibited the use of any form of contraception other than abstinence.
In March 2009, Benedict even said that the fight against HIV can’t be solved “with the distribution of condoms”. He said, on a visit to AIDS-ravaged Africa, that “on the contrary, it increases the problem.”
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