'On the pope's condoms remarks, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte [Montreal Cardinal, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Turcotte], it would be "ridiculous" to suggest that the Pope said condoms should not be used.
"Essentially, the pope said that it took two things to fight this disease, the means, but also a change of mentality. He pronounced this sentence to show that condoms were not in and of themselves the perfect solution; we took his words out of context and all this was largely amplified."
"As if the pope had said that condoms should not be used. This is ridiculous! When someone has AIDS, it is his or her responsibility to protect the people with whom he or she has intercourse."
The latter comment certainly seems to be where mainstream Catholic teaching is, even in the Vatican! I think his take on the pope's intent probably spot-on. His remarks about the girl in Brazil will likely be less well-received, because he said publicly what many only say--or think--privately. '
Note to File: the misinformation continues to feed the fundraising beast- and some 40,000 signatures now gather to support the distorted version of the remarks.
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