[TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=629 border=0] [TBODY] [TR] [TD colSpan=3] [DIV class=mxb] [DIV class=sh]Cardinal backs limited condom use [/DIV][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD vAlign=top width=416][FONT size=2][!-- S BO --][!-- S IIMA --] [TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=203 align=right border=0] [TBODY] [TR] [TD] [img height=152 alt="Cardinal Martini " hspace=0 src="vny!://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41584000/jpg/_41584466_ap203bodymartini.jpg" width=203 border=0] [DIV class=cap]Cardinal Martini is one of the Church's most prominent leaders[/DIV][/DIV][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE][!-- E IIMA --][!-- S SF --][FONT size=3]One of the Roman Catholic Church's most distinguished cardinals has publicly backed the use of condoms among married couples to prevent Aids transmission. [/FONT] [FONT size=3]Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said that in couples where one had HIV/Aids, which could pass to the partner, the use of condoms was "a lesser evil". [/FONT] [FONT size=3]The Vatican says condoms should never be used, even to stop Aids spreading from one married partner to another. [/FONT] [FONT size=3]The Church teaches that abstinence is the best way to tackle disease. [!-- E SF --][/FONT] [FONT size=3]Growing issue [/FONT] [FONT size=3]Cardinal Martini, who used to be Archbishop of Milan, made the comments in an interview with the Italian weekly magazine l'Espresso. [/FONT] [FONT size=3]In it he says that the fight against Aids, which has caused more than three million deaths, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, must be pursued by all available means. [/FONT] [FONT size=3]The Vatican has made no official comment on the article, in which the cardinal also raises the possibility of single mothers adopting abandoned children. [/FONT] [FONT size=3]But the BBC's David Willey in Rome says that such matters are an increasingly important subject of discussion in Church circles. [/FONT] [FONT size=3]According to insistent reports, Cardinal Martini was a close runner-up in last year's papal election. [/FONT]
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Martini should have been the pope.
Its about god damn time these idiots promote condom use. For years they have derailed the condom program in Africa by telling church goers not to use them while HIV rates soar.
What does he mean by limited use?
I think you only put it on half way.
LOL
Good lord....he needs to keep his papal undies on. Can these people not drag themselves into this century !!!!
I think drag is the right word. He's wearing a frock, isn't he?
Then maybe we should say, get the frock into this century !
At least raise the hem.
All joking aside....what is it about latex, that they consider unholy.
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Please guess, Lady PC. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/2.gif)