Pope attacks sorcery, condom use to prevent AIDS

kidflash2008 · 03-21-2009, 09:06 AM

The sorcery remark isn't as bad as the AIDS one:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090321/...af_pope_africa

The Church hierarchy is really out of touch with reality. I know they wanted a European pope to increase the collections from the wealthier European nations, but that hasn't worked as more people stop going to church.

I think it is time for the Cardinals and Bishops to get together and figure out how to move forward. AIDS is devastating many of Africa's national economies, and major action needs to be done to prevent the epidemic from creating more orphans. Those orphans end up being recruited by mercenaries to kill other innocent civilians. It is a big chain that needs its links broken. Time for the Catholic Church to move out of the Dark Ages and into the Third Millenium. Africa is one of their only areas of true growth in the church, and they need to adapt to fighting the many different and difficult problems faced by the Africans on a daily basis.

Mingus · 03-21-2009, 09:22 PM

Actually, AIDS is an epidemic in the States too, being that DC alone has a pool of 3% of it's residents infected by it. 1% of a city's population is what's needed to constitute a disease an epidemic.

kidflash2008 · 03-22-2009, 10:07 AM

I know it is bad in the US. We have the resources to educate people, and the Pope is the leader to a huge and growing number of Catholics in poverty stricken Africa. One reason for the poverty is the sheer number of people with AIDS. If the Catholic Church ignores that, then the future of Africa will stay very bleak.

03-21-2009, 09:06 AM	#1
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,699	Pope attacks sorcery, condom use to prevent AIDS The sorcery remark isn't as bad as the AIDS one: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090321/...af_pope_africa The Church hierarchy is really out of touch with reality. I know they wanted a European pope to increase the collections from the wealthier European nations, but that hasn't worked as more people stop going to church. I think it is time for the Cardinals and Bishops to get together and figure out how to move forward. AIDS is devastating many of Africa's national economies, and major action needs to be done to prevent the epidemic from creating more orphans. Those orphans end up being recruited by mercenaries to kill other innocent civilians. It is a big chain that needs its links broken. Time for the Catholic Church to move out of the Dark Ages and into the Third Millenium. Africa is one of their only areas of true growth in the church, and they need to adapt to fighting the many different and difficult problems faced by the Africans on a daily basis.

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03-21-2009, 09:22 PM	#2
Mingus Investigator Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 325	Actually, AIDS is an epidemic in the States too, being that DC alone has a pool of 3% of it's residents infected by it. 1% of a city's population is what's needed to constitute a disease an epidemic.

03-22-2009, 10:07 AM	#3
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,699	I know it is bad in the US. We have the resources to educate people, and the Pope is the leader to a huge and growing number of Catholics in poverty stricken Africa. One reason for the poverty is the sheer number of people with AIDS. If the Catholic Church ignores that, then the future of Africa will stay very bleak.