As a laic Franciscan communication agent Officiant I feel that I now have to respond to the irresponsable, archaic and almost criminal speechs made by the Pope.
Yesterday in visit to Cameroun the Pope stated that <<We cannot solve the problem of Aids with condoms on the contrary, the use of condoms make the matter worse.</p>
Virulent reactions came of courses from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and today from many Political Ministers and Dignitaries.
After the Vatican statement of last week that rape is less a sin than the stopping of a pregnancyof Twins by a nine year old raped on an on by her step father and excommunication (Stygmatisation) for the Mother of the girl and the five doctors that judge that her pregnancy at nine years old of twins would certainly kill her and therefore stopped her pregnancy..
..and removing the excommunication of an negationist Evesque motivate by comppassion, Benedictus 16 is becoming the most uncompassionate Pope of modern times.
The Pope has admit he made a mistake in removing the excommunication of the negationist of the killings of Jews in WW2, thus admitting that the Pope is not infaillible.
In Paris this morning a spokeman of the foreign Minister stated; the intense concerns of France towards the consequences of such statements by The Pope. Such statements is a danger for Public Health policies whose objectives are to reduce morbidity and mortality and the imperatives to protect human lives said Éric Chevallier.
The France political lawmakers unanimously condem the statement of the Pope. Former Prime Minister Alain Juppé (Right Wing in France) said this Pope is becoming a real problem and that he lives in a total autistic situation.
On the left side of the political spectrum in France. Marie-George Buffet criticised the statement saying that they were irresponsable and criminal, while Daniel Cohn-Bendit (Green-Party) said it cruise with premedited murder.
In Belgium, the Health Minister, Laurette Onkelinx, express her « stupéfaction » and her « consternation ». « For the Minister, such stements by the Pope in the 21st century despite the unanimous recommendations of the scientific world in this matter shows a dangerous doctrinarian vision. The Pope could bring down years of education in prevention and sensibilisation that put in danger a lot of human lives.
Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the World Fund dedicated to the fight against aids express his profond indignation and ask the Pope to ''Retract his Statement''. This statement is unnaceptable and outrageous, it is the negation of this epidemic. On top of this he said, the Pope made this statement on a continent where 70% of all aids case reside, this is incredible he said.
Béatrice Luminet, responsable of the aids pandemic of MSF (Doctors without Borders on AFP stated that the Pope statements in Africa are grave when we see the impacts that such a message can have in Africa where lives two thirds of HIV seroposive peoples.
There are hundreds of reactions fromService oriented people all over the World that are helping the people infected and are working with all resources at their dispositions to PREVENT.
...As for the statement that a rape at repetition of a nine year old girl becoming pregnant of twins is less grave than an interruption of pregnancy in order to save her life, it has generated virulent responses by even many catholics themselves who qualify this statement as totally uncomppassionate, more of there to their excummunication wich in Brazil is about the worst social stygma there is. (The raper is not excommunicated)
Removing the excommunication by the Pope of High Rank officers (Évesque) who negates the fact that there where no gas chamber and mostly 400 000 deaths of Jews in WW2 is approved by the Vatican makes many wonders.
The Roman Catholic Church has now become, under the hospice of Benedictus 16 a CHurch of uncompassion.
Snowy