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The Pope's current opinion on Condoms(A-OK)
Topic Started: Saturday, 27. November 2010, 21:07 (190 Views)
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The Pope has changed his mind about condoms - saying they can be used "in certain cases" particularly "to reduce the risk of infection".

In a series of interviews for a new book, 83-year-old Pope Benedict XVI was asked if "the Catholic Church is not fundamentally against the use of condoms".

"It, of course, does not see it as a real and moral solution," the Pope replied.

"In certain cases, where the intention is to reduce the risk of infection, it can nevertheless be a first step on the way to another, more humane sexuality."

Becoming simply fixated on the issue of condoms makes sexuality more banal...

Pope Benedict XVI

The new volume: Light of the World: The Pope, The Church And The Signs Of The Times, is based on 20 hours of interviews in German by journalist Peter Seewald.

Until now, the Catholic Church, which represents more than 1.1 billion adherents around the world, had prohibited any form of contraception - other than abstinence - even as a guard against sexually transmitted disease.

And Pope Benedict caused international outcry in March 2009 on a visit to Aids-ravaged Africa when he said the disease was a tragedy "that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems".

To illustrate his apparent shift in position, the pontiff offered the example of a male prostitute using a condom.

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"There may be justified individual cases, for example when a male prostitute uses a condom, where this can be ... a first bit of responsibility, to re-develop the understanding that not everything is permitted and that one may not do everything one wishes," he was quoted as saying.

"But it is not the proper way to deal with the horror of HIV infection."

He reiterated that condom use alone would not solve the problem of HIV/Aids, saying: "More must happen".

"Becoming simply fixated on the issue of condoms makes sexuality more banal and this is exactly the reason why so many people no longer find sexuality to be an expression of their love, but a type of self-administered drug," he continued.

Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell welcomed the move but said it did not go far enough.

"The Pope's comments offer a scintilla of hope that the church's dogma are open to change," he said.

"It has opened the possibility of male prostitutes using condoms as an act of responsibility but why cannot a husband and wife use a condom to protect themselves against the risk of infection?"

The book is to be translated into 18 languages and addresses many other sensitive issues, including the paedophile priest scandals, celibacy and female ordination.

Talking about the paedophile scandal that has rocked Benedict's native Germany as well as other countries around the world, the Pope said he was "deeply shocked" by it.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Article/201011115820578

Well, I guess God doesn't mind condoms now :P(No offense to you, of course big guy in the sky, I know you have a sense of humor too)
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I don't need to know what some old man thinks about condoms. lol.
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Well, it's the Pope, after all..
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Hm, interesting!
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Well I guess the Pope is a bit crazy in the head, then.
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