What did the Pope Ready Say? Find out the TRUTH before the secular Media spins it into anti-Catholic hype:
From Chapter 11, “The Journeys of a Shepherd,” pages 117-119:
The Question the Pope was Asked: “On the occasion of your trip to Africa in March 2009, the Vatican’s policy on AIDs once again became the target of media criticism. Twenty-five percent of all AIDs victims around the world today are treated in Catholic facilities. In some countries, such as Lesotho, for example, the statistic is 40 percent. In Africa you stated that the Church’s traditional teaching has proven to be the only sure way to stop the spread of HIV. Critics, including critics from the Church’s own ranks, object that it is madness to forbid a high-risk population to use condoms.”
Go here for the Pope’s answer and more — the full context of his answer which L’Osservatore Romano failed to provide!
What does the Holy Father really say about condoms in the new book?
By Dr. Janet E. Smith
This week, Light of the World, a book-length interview given by Pope Benedict XVI to journalist Peter Seewald, will be released worldwide. Several of the Holy Father’s statements have already started making news, particularly his comments regarding condom usage in the prevention of the spread of HIV.
To the charge that “It is madness to forbid a high-risk population to use condoms,” in the context of an extended answer on the help the Church is giving AIDs victims and the need to fight the banalization of sexuality, Pope Benedict replied …
Resources:
For the rest of Janet Smith’s article go here.
Janet Smith’s Interview in Zenit.org here.
Especially Good: Jimmy Akin’s comments here.
Catholic Vote article here.
National Catholic Registers good article here.
Ed Peter’s comments on L’Osservatore Romano here
Archangel Institute here.
The Vatican speaks here.
Bishop Aqila
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