The Vatican appears to have launched an offensive against condom use to prevent AIDS, based on grossly distorted claims (and apparent ignorance of facts) regarding their efficacy against HIV transmission. The degree of falsity is so breath-taking, and the stakes so high, that the official Brazilian National Program on HIV/AIDS labeled it a “crime against humanity“. On the bright side, one highly-placed church official has shown a tiny bit of sanity on the matter.

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