The Pope's comments on AIDS

If those concerned about AIDS would accept the scientific fact that fidelity in marriage and abstinence are the best ways in which to prevent the spread of the disease, we might actually make some progress in overcoming the pandemic. Instead many hold onto the notion that condoms are the best way, which is demonstrably false. This false notion influences policies which will spur higher rates of death; this is already the case in many African countries. Edward C. Green and Allison Herling Ruark, of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, wrote in an April 2008 article in First Things magazine that “What the churches are called to do by their theology turns out to be what works best in AIDS prevention”. Despite the global frenzy, much of it chastising the Pope for his true comments, what the Church teaches on condom use should be taken seriously if we are to save the lives of those at risk for AIDS.

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