Pope puts principles over people

The left-liberal Süddeutsche Zeitung calls the Catholic Church's ban on condoms mistaken: "The Pope is right, even if it angers some of his most notorious critics: the fight against Aids, one of the scourges of Africa, cannot be won by thrusting condoms into the hands of as many people as possible. ... This is nothing to celebrate, however, for Catholics who remain faithful to the Pope. Because Pope Benedict XVI is wrong to cling to the Catholic ban on condoms. ... Sexuality cannot be controlled by publishing encyclicals. And that frightens the Pope so much that he puts principles over people: condoms are and remain the devil's playthings. The result is that everyone spends their time talking about preservatives, either with indignation or with smirks, and everything the Catholic Church has to say about love, responsibility and partnership falls on deaf ears."

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