Spanish church accepts condoms as part of anti-AIDS strategy
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In a radical shift, Spanish Roman Catholic bishops have for the first time accepted the use of condoms to combat AIDS, reigniting a moral and religious debate but drawing a sharp response from the Vatican.
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Ugandan youth have been urged to play a leading role in promoting messages of abstinence from premarital sex as a way of safeguarding themselves from HIV/AIDS and other sexually
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A Spanish bill allowing gay marriage is expected to go to parliament has the Catholic Church up in arms. One bishop said it was like unleashing a virus.
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MADRID A law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain&#39;s Socialist government Friday.
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Spain's Conference of Catholic Bishops chief spokesman said condoms "have their place in a comprehensive and global prevention of AIDS."
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Spain's Catholic Church attacks government plans to introduce same-sex unions, which it compares to a virus.
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The Vatican established a foundation Friday to fund Catholic organizations assisting AIDS victims, urging people to contribute even if they object to the Church's opposition to the use of condoms to fight the spread of the disease.
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For the past year, Yonas Tadesse has been trying to stave off the effects of HIV with a blend of science and faith &#151; he takes anti-retroviral medicine but also drinks a liter of holy water, blessed by a priest.
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Spain has moved a big step closer to permitting gay marriage after the Cabinet approved a bill authorizing homosexuals to marry and adopt children.
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The outburst came when he met the archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela, and a group of Spanish bishops who were visiting the Vatican following a row over the use of condoms in tackling the Aids ...
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CAIRO - AIDS/HIV prevention officials in the Middle East and North Africa face a careful balancing act of spreading awareness about the disease without appearing to promote immorality.
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Spain's defense minister on Tuesday rejected Pope John Paul II's criticism of its Socialist government, which wants to legalize gay marriage and streamline laws on divorce and abortion, and he said some church positions go against the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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A gel has been created which protects women from getting AIDS during sexual intercourse when the man does not wear a condom. The chemical blocks the route the AIDS virus takes when it invades the woman&#39;s body during sex.
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European condom firms trying "to finish the African people" says Mozambique's Catholic archbishop.
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Researchers have successfully blocked HIV transmission in monkeys with an experimental drug in the form of a topical cream or gel.
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Spain's socialist government on Friday approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriages, putting this predominantly Roman Catholic country on course to become only the third European country to recognize gay matrimony.
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The Roman Catholic Church in Spain denies any relaxation of the Catholic ban on the use of condoms.