In Today's world it seems as if religions have grown into permanent catalysts that work to plague common sense. Not just common sense, they even seem to inexhaustibly act against humanity itself. Even in this socalled advanced age, religions which should have refined and sensitised people are increasingly converting them into a pack of hatemongers. Their sense of awakening to the call of the time is sinfully late.
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The big news that hit the world was that after 25 million deaths all around the world, particularly in Africa, Pope Benedict XVI had said that condom use can be justified in some cases to help stop the spread of AIDS. This is the Vatican's first exception to a long held policy banning the use of contraceptives.
According to The New York Times, the Pope made the statement in a series of interviews on a host of contentious issues with a German journalist. However, the Pope's assent was limited in its applicability - he did not confer his blessings to the use of condoms as a measure of birth control, only saying that th
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