Irresponsible and insensitive

Benedict XVI believes that "an action intended to prevent procreation means to deny the intimate truth of conjugal love." 

Inadvisable to use the condom the Pope is complicit in the spread of AIDS. 
Inadvisable to use the condoms, the Pope is also responsible for the increase in the recourse to abortion but it is also against abortion

 the Pope contributes to the increase in family numbers of the poorest people, especially in countries where the population explosion is one of the factors that most contributes to hunger and poverty . 

If you love life, the Catholic priests are required to be at the forefront of the awareness of all for the use of condoms. If you are part of the suffering of the poor can not fail to be outraged with this crap. There is no doctrine to justify such irresponsibility. There is no obedience to justify such insesibilidade. There is faith that justifies so many dead.

Pope Benedict's Expected Stance Against Condoms To Prevent HIV 'Fights Human Nature,' Opinion Piece Says

  Pope Benedict XVI likely "will not depart one iota from John Paul II's fervent opposition to anything other than the most rudimentary forms of birth control -- abstinence in one form or another -- including, of course, opposition to the use of condoms as a method" of HIV prevention, a position in which "we all have a stake," columnist Richard Cohen writes in aWashington Post opinion piece. Condoms are the "cheapest and most effective" method of preventing the spread of HIV, which is "particularly meaningful" in resource-poor settings, where often there are "no medical facilities to speak of," Cohen writes. The "catastrophe" of HIV/AIDS and population growth in areas of the world "that can least afford it are matters that concern us all," Cohen says, adding that the HIV/AIDS pandemic will result in the "death of so many people and the orphaning of children -- misery upon misery for people whose lives are already miserable enough." The pandemic also is contributing to the "near collapse of the African middle class," which "will cost us all money ... and it may result in a war or two," he says. The Catholic Church's promotion of abstinence and instruction against condom use in Catholic regions of the developing world "fights human nature itself," Cohen says (Cohen, Washington Post, 4/21).

Condoms are the "cheapest and most effective" method of preventing the spread of HIV, which is "particularly meaningful" in resource-poor settings

Pope: Condoms not the answer in AIDS fight

YAOUNDE, Cameroon - Condoms are not the answer to Africa's fight against HIV, Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday as he began a weeklong trip to the continent. It was the pope's first explicit statement on an issue that has divided even clergy working with AIDS patients.

Benedict arrived in Yaounde, Cameroon's capital, on Tuesday afternoon, greeted by a crowd of flag-waving faithful and snapping cameras. The visit is his first pilgrimage as pontiff to Africa.

In his four years as pope, Benedict had never directly addressed condom use, although his position is not new. His predecessor, Pope John Paul II, often said that sexual abstinence — not condoms — was the best way to prevent the spread of the disease.

Associated Press

The condom controversy

Any hopeful valentines buying condoms at the CVS on 149th Street near Morris Avenue in the Bronx have to ask an employee to unlock the cabinet where they’re kept. 
 
“They’re high-theft items,” said a store manager, who declined to give his name. 

A coalition of union organizers and activists wants the store’s condoms freed, accusing the chain of locking up prophylactics in poor and minority communities where HIV rates are higher. They rallied outside some CVS stores nationwide on Thursday. 

On the surrounding South Bronx streets no one seemed to mind the locks, unless they were easily embarrassed. 

“Some people don’t like to ask for them ... especially if you’re with a girl,” said Angel Patterson, a local barber.

At the What’s Hot barbershop across from CVS they give out official “NYC” condoms they get at Lincoln hospital. Patterson, 28, buys his at a bodega. The city’s brand “are not good quality-wise or size-wise,” he said.

Amy Zimmer