receiving someone back into the fold

who continues to deny the holocaust happened.....well of COURSE he's going to say using condoms actually helps increase the risk of aids. it's effed up and a giant big fat lie. why anyone let alone a whole religion (on the other hand almost all of the practicing catholics i know PRACTICE BIRTH CONTROL AND SAFER SEX) would say using condoms is a sin, is beyond me. yup, even for the prevention of disease it's a sin. how f**ked is that?

well ask the dude in the dorothy slippers and aretha lid

Medical Journal Criticizes Pope's Comments on AIDS

By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
The prestigious British medical journal, Lancet, has said Pope Benedict's recent comments against the use of condoms to combat AIDS problem were not only inaccurate but distorted science.

Heavy criticism continues of Pope Benedict's comments that condoms exacerbate the problem of AIDS. The latest attack has come from the prestigious British medical journal Lancet which wrote that the pope had publicly distorted scientific evidence to promote Catholic doctrine on this issue.

Speaking on the plane to journalists on his first visit to Africa, the pope said HIV/AIDS was a tragedy that could not be overcome through the distribution of condoms, saying it could even increase the problem. He added that the teaching by the Catholic Church of abstinence and fidelity was the only way to combat the problem.

His comments ignited a firestorm of criticism from health officials and activists who said his words were unrealistic and unscientific.

In an interview, aids researcher Dr. Anthony Fauci reacted to the pope's comments.

"It is very clear from good scientific data that condoms play a major role in the prevention of HIV. .............

vinegar, cotton and a halogen lamp

may save TENS of thousands of women's lives (or even millions...........)

Cheap, simple method can spot cervical cancer
Using vinegar, cotton not as precise, but may save millions in poor countries

LONDON - A cheap method to detect cervical cancer using vinegar, cotton gauze and a bright light could save millions of women in the developing world, experts reported Friday.
The study, published in The Lancet medical journal, found a simple visual screening test to look for the early signs of cervical cancer reduced the numbers of cases by a quarter.
“This is a landmark study,” said Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, medical director at JHPIEGO, an international health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University that has worked on preventing cervical cancer in poor countries. Sanghvi was unconnected to the Lancet study........