Pope claims condoms 'could make African AIDS crisis worse'

It could be argued that hundreds of thousands, if not millions have died of AIDS as a result of the Catholic church's stand on contraception.

So, what is the Pope's response to the problem I hear you ask. On a recent trip to Cameroon the Pope was quoted as saying that the condition was "a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems". (Source Pink News)

I find such flawed logic completely incomprehensible. It is estimated that AIDS has caused 25 million deaths since its appearance in the early 1980s. (Source UN 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic). Such an irresponsible approach from any religion is unacceptable. I doubt however that Gordon Brown will take the opportunity to raise the issue with him if he visits the UK and will take the same sycophantic approach as our previous PM.