New Pope don't rock

[mark von bargen]

Paul Mather wrote:

                It's a crying shame that large numbers of people will die in
Africa and Latin America because Ratzinger will continue (and perhaps
intensify)Pope John Paul II's hard line dogma against condom use, thus
                exacerbating the spread of HIV.  It is indeed a bloody big
shame. :-(

Agreed, the Catholic church needs to change its stance on condom usage
quickly

                I just read yesterday on the Grauniad that the US (at the
urging of
                Bush) has blocked the addition of certain abortion pills
from the UN
                list of "essential medicines."  It's estimated that this
will sentence
                approximately 68,000 women in poor countries to die every
year from
                complications of having surgical abortions in poor operating
conditions or using unsafe practices.  That must be Bush's way of promoting
the "culture of life" he keeps going on about.  Sounds like he and Ratzinger
will get along famously...

Shocking. Perhaps we really need to understand why so many abortions are
being carried out around the world. Maybe the Catholic church changing its
stance on condoms may have a positive effect - perhaps Benedict XVI and co
need to be educated.
So, we can kill a kid with a pill these days - so cool, NOT.

Mark