Vatican: condoms don't stop Aids
Steve Bradshaw
Thursday October 9, 2003
The Guardian
The Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them through which the HIV virus can pass - potentially exposing thousands of people to risk.
The church is making the claims across four continents despite a widespread scientific consensus that condoms are impermeable to the HIV virus.
A senior Vatican spokesman backs the claims about permeable condoms, despite assurances by the World Health Organisation that they are untrue.
The full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,7369,1059068,00.html
As if the rampant spread of AIDS weren't already bad enough in third world areas. Honestly it makes me wonder exactly what the Vatican hopes to acheive with these lies.