Tuesday, December 02, 2003

*Ø* Blogmanac | Catholics 'should challenge Church'

Irish Examiner, 2 December

Young AIDS victim"Catholics have been urged to challenge their local priests over controversial Vatican claims that condoms cannot prevent the spread of Aids.

"Nothing less than a grassroots Catholic rebellion is needed to counter the 'misleading and dangerous' claims, according to Liberal Democrat Euro-MP Chris Davies.

"His call came as fellow Euro-MPs tabled a motion in the European Parliament urging EU governments to denounce the claims as unacceptable.

"The cross-party motion, signed by MEPs from Italy, Holland, Greece and the UK, says millions of lives are being put at risk by a declaration from senior Vatican spokesman Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo ...

"The World Health Organisation has already described his views as 'dangerous' in the face of a disease which has killed 20 million people."

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