Pope Benedict XVI: condoms make Aids crisis worse
Pope Benedict XVI said that the distribution of condoms 'aggravates' the Aids crisis, as he embarked on his first trip to Africa.
While en route from Rome to his first stop, Cameroon, the Pope said that the condition was "a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems."
Speaking on board his official plane, the pontiff insisted that the Roman Catholic Church is in the forefront of the battle against Aids, advocating sexual abstinence and fidelity within marriage as a way of fighting the disease.