No, the Holy Father did
not say that using condoms was ok in the case of HIV infection. His comments really do need to be read in context. The Curt Jester has
an excellent analysis of what
has been published in
an excerpt from the book interview... and he has also explained why it's not being reported properly...
Interestingly, Jeff refers to this as the Ginger Factor: no, not a variant on blonde jokes, but a reference to Ginger the dog (in the Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson) who only hears his own name... it's the ratio of words said to words heard and understood...
Can you believe that somebody has already edited the Wikipedia page of the Holy Father with the following:
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Thank you for giving us the link to this website which has the actual words of the Pope from the book. Someone had mentioned this to me already this morning after Church and I said what I always say: "I'd like to see what the Pope actually said before I make a comment." As I expected his words were taken out of contex. People don't really listen do they?? We're all in such a rush.
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