m apparently having insatiable sex drives, many Africans paradoxically maintain some strong Christian-Catholic beliefs... But let's step back a little Africa has been battling AIDS for god knows how long, and when there's some news to hear it usually doesn't ever seem like it's gonna be the good kind. Really, when the countries of Africa aren't being plagued by corrupt governments, turmoil and chaos, natural catastrophies, pirates, military coups, starvation, exploitation, genocide, war and the occasional cough and sniffles---the continent is usually getting smacked around by the HIV virus and AIDS or some other epedemic.
So, where abortion seems like a difficult discussion, the use of condoms in a place where an STD is killing the masses?? Abstinence is a great solution for an ideal world- but that's like telling smokers to simply quit smoking. Problem solved?
It's a principle the church should be willing to bend on.... the war will go on, but this battle of "no condoms" isn't always the one to fight... AIDS comes first.
