War of Words

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All the hullabaloo over the Pope and Donald Trump is obscuring the remarkable thing the leader of the Catholic Church said today. He said that in an area with zika-carrying mosquitoes, it would be permissible to use a condom to avoid pregnancy, and the threat of severe birth defects in a newborn. That may not seem like a big deal to a lot of non-Catholics who would read that and say, "of course you would." But it is an interesting step all the same. When I was covering a summit on HIV at the Vatican I asked a cardinal whether a couple with mixed status (one HIV positive, one not) might use a condom to keep one partner from infecting the other. I noted that many of these couples were very young. The cardinal said his best advice for such a couple would be to remain married, and remain celibate, for the rest of their lives. Which didn't sound like very practical advice at all.

By: Rafael Suarez Jr.

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