No condoms? GREAT! Fewer Catholics mean fewer crazies who want to kill all gays, especially in Africa, one of the world’s most dangerous places for gay people. Count your blessings, gay folks! Religion is the scourge of humankind.

OK…Condoms aren’t going to CURE Aids…but it couldn’t Hurt to use them,your Papalness! Let’s not forget that the Catholic Church staged the “INQUISITION”! Yeah,we really trust your guidance,Benedict!…NOT!

Thanks for reporting instead of slamming. The pope is correct if you pay attention to what he actually says in this matter.

Condoms are not infallible, but users think they are. Condoms provide a false sense of security.

You have a 17% chance of being infected if you have sex with an HIV infected partner using a condom.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+barrier+performance+of+latex+rubber-a014089514

You have a 0% chance of becoming infected if you do not have sex with an HIV infected partner.

Logically he is 100% correct.

my friends let all your voices be heard you have a right to be angry i feel you and to all of the children in africa that growing up without a mother or father because of this disease that has torn families apart my prayers goes out to you for i still love you all !!!

as a recovering catholic… i am continually dismayed by the church’s lack of foresight, its ignorance of the modern world, and the failure to recognize the context of ancient documents in modern parameters… thank god i can still find the joy and peace of viewing jesus as a teacher, one of manu in our times… and i dont need the catholic church to cloud my ‘faith’ anymore.

… then again, are we surprised about an institution that only recently lifted the excommunication of Galileo and even more recently excommunicated a doctor and a nine year old whom dealt with an abortion for a rape pregnancy that would have put her life at great risk… no we shouldnt be… if the new legislation passes on child abuse staute limitations , then hopefully, the resulting suits will bankrupt it …
fittingly, on st. patricks day lets even take a closer look at the Ireland, with one of the highest rates of abuse and unwanted pregnancy in the industrialized world –and in a ‘catholic’ country no less… if only the irony wasnt so painfully terrible

You people have to get a grip. You become so angry when someone disagrees with your immoral and selfish lifestyle. The pope is speaking from a much higher level than your shallow opinions. The Catholic Church is the only Church that shows and demands people to treat you with love and dignity. Many rejected Christ’s message because it was too uncomfortable to hear. To get a true understanding of the churches teaching on homosexuality, read the Catechism and then put up a thoughtful comment. You may have grown up Catholic, but you lost the message on the way.

Paul Said: You people have to get a grip. … To get a true understanding of the churches [sic] teaching on homosexuality, read the Catechism and then put up a thoughtful comment.
Paul: I read the catechism. Over the course of a couple decades I read every church document I could find on the subject. I even read the book-length interviews with then-Cardinal Ratzinger. I consulted priests (including my older brother) and bishops and church-sponsored counselors. I joined groups and went to prayer meetings. I joined on-line support communities.
Then I tried to kill myself.
The problem with the Catholic Church lies not so much with what some of the “official” documents say, but with the way they are summarily ignored and the way hypocrisy is veiled in piety, and self-loathing in hollow compassion.
Officially, homosexuality is not considered a sin, but it is a manifestation of Original Sin. The esteemed bishops of the U.S. state that homosexuals are welcome in the church, but they should not dress like homosexuals, speak like homosexuals, do anything to support or engage in “homosexual culture.” They should not be ashamed of being homosexual, but they should not tell anybody except a counselor and close family members that they are homosexual. They should practice “aversion of the eyes” so they don’t look lustfully at a member of the same sex.
If they do any of these things, they are not allowed to receive communion unless they are purged by confession. If they try to receive communion, Jesus will leave the host and refuse to enter an unworthy recipient. Apparently it is the role of the RC church to shield Jesus from those whom he would consider unworthy to be in his presence because Jesus lived his life always trying to protect himself from sinful people.
The only officially sanctioned “support” group does not allow anyone to refer to him or herself as “gay.” As a matter of fact, you aren’t considered homosexual either. There are no homosexuals. There are only heterosexuals who are suffering with Same Sex Attraction (SSA). It doesn’t consider itself an “ex-gay” group because most of its members never declared themselves to be “gay,” having been forbidden to use the word. But one of its goals is to help people “move beyond” SSA and “further their psychological development.”
In conclusion, my leaving the church was like finally admitting that I had a mother who didn’t know how to love me. The only way I could survive was to move away from that toxic relationship. That doesn’t mean that she is all evil, but that she is unwilling to provide the nurturing I need. I have to find that somewhere else. I’m not looking for another mother. I’m learning to live without one.
I work for a newspaper. The local bishop once complained about unfavorable coverage and said that I should work on getting more Catholics as editors. I told him the truth: most of the editors and reporters were Catholic. That’s why he was getting such bad press.
Don’t assume that some of the sarcasm and snarky comments are made in ignorance. Familiarity breeds contempt.