From the Catholic News Agency.
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Vatican City, Jul. 24, 2006 (CNA) - The Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care will soon publish an extensive document on AIDS, according to an announcement by Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, the council’s prefect.
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“The Church is massively engaged on this front, as 27% of the centers that care for HIV-positive individuals are Catholic,” he underscored.
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Asked about the Church’s position regarding the moral permissiveness of condom use, Cardinal Lozano responded that the document would reflect what the Church teaches on that issue, namely, that condoms are not a legitimate method for preventing pregnancy and that to present them as a means of ensuring “safe sex,” especially in the case of AIDS, is deceptive and dangerous in combating the spread of the pandemic.
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