Pope Visits Africa, Discusses Condoms

Pope Benedict XVI is in the midst of his first trip to Africa, which will take him to Cameroon and Angola.  During a speech in Cameroon, the pontiff reaffirmed the Catholic Church's opposition to condom use: Pope Benedict stated his belief that distributing condoms in Africa would worsen the HIV/AIDS epidemic and recommended promoting abstinence as the best means of preventing the spread of HIV.  His comments, not surprisingly, have been met with outrage from health organizations working to combat the disease.