1.0The Deacon's Benchhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbenchjmcgeehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/author/jmcgeeAs expected, here's the "clarification" ... - The Deacon's Benchrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xftX2A2VeD"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2010/11/as-expected-heres-the-clarification.html">As expected, here’s the “clarification” …</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2010/11/as-expected-heres-the-clarification.html/embed#?secret=xftX2A2VeD" width="600" height="338" title="“As expected, here’s the “clarification” …” — The Deacon's Bench" data-secret="xftX2A2VeD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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… from Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi, about the whole condom thingy: Pope Benedict states that AIDs cannot be solved only by the distribution of condoms, and, in fact, concentrating on condoms just trivializes sexuality, which loses its meaning as an expression of love and becomes like a drug. At the same time, the Pope…