Catholic charities Pay Lip Service to the Faith, but.....

This is the sad reality of the pope's comments. Catholic charities have been promoting the safe sex fantasy for years while pretending to abide by Church teachings. (See here.) The mask is coming off and now they can do it openly. The reality, however, is that when condoms are pushed as a solution for AIDS, more people engage in risky behavior and more lives are endangered. The only country in Africa which has succeeded at reducing AIDS is Uganda. They didn't do it by promoting condoms (a big, LUCRATIVE, business by the way). They saw a 2/3 reduction in AIDS by promoting a "stick to one partner or love faithfully” program. (See here.) Condoms are great for making money for the safe sex crowd. They are less than effective at reducing AIDS infection.  And does anyone believe (as the article below implies) that rapists put on condoms before they assault their victims?

Thursday, 12.02.10


Catholic AIDS workers: Pope echoing us on condoms

(AP) – 19 hours ago

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The three large blue and white boxes of condoms appeared to be the elephant in the room at the Catholic AIDS clinic, a trailer beside the church in a dusty red-soil settlement in the world's most AIDS-riddled nation.

But parish priest Rev. Didier Lemaire showed no embarrassment when asked about the stash of 600 condoms, set conveniently on an examination couch so one could grab a few on the way out the door. Lemaire said Pope Benedict XVI's groundbreaking statement about the selective use of condoms only cements what Catholic AIDS workers have said for years.

"What the pope is saying, many priests have been saying for a long time," said Lemaire. He said eschewing condoms when people have AIDS goes against the commandment "Thou shalt not kill."

Pope Benedict's comments have far-reaching implications for Africa, the continent with the highest numbers of AIDS victims — and the fastest-growing number of Catholic converts. But it is more important because the Catholic Church is the biggest private provider of AIDS care in the world, providing antiretroviral treatment, home-care visits and counseling to one in four of the world's 33.3 million AIDS patients, according to the Catholic charity Caritas International. In 2008, members of the Catholic HIV and AIDS network spent 180 million euros (about $235 million) on assistance, it said.
For many Catholics in the front lines watching people die of AIDS, Benedict's pronouncement confers a belated blessing on what they are already doing. They hope Benedict's comments are just a precursor to opening up further conversation.