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Pope Benedict XVI's a curious fellow. No, not curious like queer, but curious as in that he likes to know about new fangled inventions, like condoms. Thus, he approved of a U.S Embassy/Vatican collaboration to look into the utility of condoms in curbing HIV. Groundbreaking stuff, that.
As you probably know, the Catholic Church officially condemns the use of condoms, insisting that sex must be used for procreation, rather than that blasphemous recreation. The aforementioned study took a closer look at married couples in which one person carries the virus. It's unclear whether or not the Vatican will release a report on the study. What is clear is that it's broken no new ground:
Fidelity in marriage and premarital abstinence from sex are the key weapons in the fight against AIDS, a senior cardinal who prepared a study on condom use for Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday.Gee, thanks.
What's most notable about this adventure into the known unknown is that Pope Benedict XVI's making a concerted effort to address one of the world's biggest problems: HIV. International Herald Tribune reports: .
..The request for the study "shows the desire of the pope" to battle AIDS, and demonstrates that "he is not indifferent to this difficult problem."Seriously, did we need an entire study to tell us the Pope has an opinion on the retrovirus that could (and does)? You'd have to be blind, deaf and/or literally braindead to be indifferent to HIV/AIDS.
We don't know about Benny's hearing or eyesight, but we're pretty sure he's not braindead. That was the last pope.
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there is something about this photo that always puts me in the best mood.
i am glad the lady pope knows about aids. that is good.
now would she get up off her fat ass and do something about it?
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You know I can't get over how ignorant the Pope sounds. I'm happy I'm Baptist but I still don't agree with everything that my denomination says. Oh and David looked fierce on MSNBC while I was eating at Jason's Deli today.
I must say this article is not as biased against the Catholic Church as some of those I have found here. In any case, this is interesting. In some ways, I suppose, it is good that the Vatican will be looking into this whole condom thing. I must say that I personally detest them. I know this sounds a bit cliche, but they really do make people more inclined to have sex (especially teens). I would never have had sex if it wasin't for them, and the more I had it with my partner, the less close I felt towards them.
I am aware that condoms prevent HIV and pregnancy to a degree, but the degree is not enough of one. Pregnancy and HIV infection rates actually rose amoung the youth as condoms became more available. Also, as I have mentioned before, pre-marrital sex often leads to heartbreak and detatchment.
One thing I'm really skeptical about, however, is the case in which a married couple has HIV. I don't really see how this should really make a difference. Marriage was formed as an institution for sex. Furthermore, us Catholics believe that sex was ment for childbirth. Thus, why should these couples really need to have sex if no child is likely to result. Do we need sex that badly? If it is not for a child than who is it for? Our own pleasure? I don't think our own pleasures should ever be a major concern in life. Nobody needs fruitless sex. Food, clothing, safety and shelter should be adressed more.
However, perhaps I am wrong about a few things here. I'll wait to see what responses come up.
I did some soul-searching on this and I suppose that the Pope has a point. I often thought that sex needed to result in life for it not to be selfish, but perhaps this is an exception.
After all, when you are already in the union of marriage there is not as great a threat towards the misuse of the ritual. You are already binded toward the person in body and soul, so having sex would simply be a way to revisit that covenant.
However, I will also say that no one should truly put their fath in condoms. HIV viruses are so small that the holes of a condom often do not hold them back.
As for me...I don't know. There is still a risk of having an infected child while using a condom. Also, if my parter was infected I would have no quarrel in sharing their infection. I would gladly do it if the infection didn't pass to our child. If that was the case...I would probably remain abstinant. I don't need sex to feel close to someone.