The Vatican is defending the Pope's comments that condoms encourage promiscuity and thus contribute to the spread of HIV as doctrinally sound, but even France thinks his statements are short-sighted. [Reuters, BBC]
The Vatican is defending the Pope's comments that condoms encourage promiscuity and thus contribute to the spread of HIV as doctrinally sound, but even France thinks his statements are short-sighted. [Reuters, BBC]
DISCUSSION
As a non-Catholic, I'm curious... how much stock do Catholics put into his opinions?