Pope Benedict XVI urged African bishops Friday to keep up their fight against
AIDS, reiterating church teaching that abstinence is the only "fail-safe" way to prevent the spread of the virus.
"It is of great concern that the fabric of African life, its very source of hope and stability, is threatened by divorce, abortion, prostitution, human trafficking and a contraceptive mentality, all of which contribute to a breakdown in sexual morality," Benedict said.
Ah, I always laugh when I hear the leader of the over one billion dollars in sexual abuse settlements church lecturing the world about morality. And I'm sure that "contraceptive mentality" is a really ineffective way to prevent the spread of AIDS and other sexualy transmitted diseases. Right. Sure. The spread of AIDS in Africa has nothing at all to do with idiots like Pope Stupid XXV and King George W. Bush refusing to fund programs which would educate people in Africa about condom use, and its effectiveness in preventing the spread of AIDS.
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for more than 60 percent of the 40 million people infected with HIV worldwide. In March, a U.N. study predicted that more than 80 million Africans may die from AIDS by 2025 and infections could soar to 90 million or more than 10 percent of the continent's population if more is not done to expand prevention programs and offer better access to drugs that can control the virus.
South Africa has the highest number of HIV-infected people in the world, and an estimated 600-1,000 people die of AIDS there every day.
Oh, my bad. That abstinence-only education is going great, guys. Good job.
(...resisting urge to call you ensign...
In response to your article - so much for the "Culture of Life" of the Bush administration