[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by itb2a

Using Yahoo as a serious news source is foolish. What Yahoo attributes to the Pope is sensationalized, misrepresented, and misquoted. In the cause of balance and correctness, you can read the following: http://wdtprs.com/blog/2010/11/what-...-really-say-2/.

LOL at that suggestion that the linked blog is "balanced."

I'll take the AP over the blog. Or how about the Catholic News Service, which reported:

Even before the book's release, media attention centered on the pope's remarks on condoms in AIDS prevention. While repeating his view that condoms cannot be the only answer to the AIDS epidemic, the pope allowed that in some specific cases -- for example, that of male prostitutes -- use of a condom could be a step toward taking moral responsibility for one's actions.

And which also reported:

Technically, Catholics are not required to agree with Pope Benedict XVI's comments on political and even theological issues in a new book-length interview, but they do owe the pope respect, a Vatican official said.

"It is an interview, not a magisterial act, but it is still the pope speaking and he deserves respect," said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization.