Unconscionable. Inexcusable. Unfathomable.
Pope Benedict flew into the one region of this planet more hard-hit than any other by both HIV/AIDS and poverty... and he reiterated Pope John Paul's condemnation of condoms as sinful.
9 out of 10 AIDS-infected children live in Sub-Saharan Africa. The region has 11.4 million AIDS orphans. 1.5 million people died from AIDS during 2007 in that region of the planet alone. Countless children live on the streets even if their parents are alive because their parents can't care for the size of family they have....
...and he flies in... and tells these desperate people... that condoms are sinful.
I... I have no words.
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9 out of 10 AIDS-infected children live in Sub-Saharan Africa. The region has 11.4 million AIDS orphans. 1.5 million people died from AIDS during 2007 in that region of the planet alone. Countless children live on the streets even if their parents are alive because their parents can't care for the size of family they have....
...and he flies in... and tells these desperate people... that condoms are sinful.
I... I have no words.
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