“This can be a first step in the direction of a moralization, a first assumption of responsibility.”

POPE BENEDICT XVI, acknowledging that the conscious use of condoms by male prostitutes to help stop the spread of AIDS may be justified; the comment is considered the first exception to the Vatican's ban on contraception [via New York Times]

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