教皇承认避孕套可防艾滋

Using condoms may sometimes be justified to stop the spread of AIDS, Pope Benedict says in the new book "Light of the World," Reuters reports. In excerpts published in the Vatican newspaper, the pope cites the use of condoms by prostitutes as "a first step toward moralization," even though condoms are "not really the way to deal with the evil of HIV infection." This is the first time the pope has mentioned the possibility in public that condoms can limit the spread of AIDS. The majority of Roman Catholic Church leaders have been saying for decades that condoms are not even part of the solution to fighting AIDS, even though no formal position on this existed in a Vatican document.

据路透社报道，教皇本尼迪克特在新书《世界之光》中称，使用避孕套有时可有效防止艾滋病的传播。在梵蒂冈报纸上发表的该书节选中，教皇举例子称，妓女使用避孕套是“通向道义的第一步”，但他还指出避孕套“并不是解决艾滋病病毒传染问题的途径”。这是教皇在公共场合首次表示避孕套有助于抑制艾滋病的传播。数十年来，罗马天主教的大多数领导人坚持称避孕套根本就不能应对艾滋病，但是梵蒂冈在其官方文件里从未正式提及过类似观点。

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