Popey condom redux

How many times has the vatican "clarified" the pope's recent remarks on condom use and HIV/AIDS? Six? Eight? Well, they did it again today in a vatican statement that speaks volumes with its condescending tone.

Here's a quote from the statement issued by the important-sounding Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, frequently described as "the Vatican's moral watchdog":

"The idea that anyone could deduce from the words of Benedict XVI that it is somehow legitimate, in certain situations, to use condoms to avoid an unwanted pregnancy is completely arbitrary and is in no way justified either by his words or in his thought," the statement said.

Stupid, sanctimonious twits. They can't just say, "Condoms are okay to prevent disease but not pregnancy." Nice and simple. No, they have to dish the people who "could deduce" the opposite from the pope's idiotically opaque comments. The vatican's "moral watchdog" indeed. It is apparently a vatican organ whose goal it is to deflect criticism of the popey guy. It's all the fault of the know-nothing nabobs out there, not the popey guy.

They are just so infallible over there, aren't they? It kinda takes your breath away and makes you know there is indeed a god floating around way up in the sky. And for sure, the popey guy is on a first-name basis with him. For sure.

It speaks

So the pope appeared in the news today. In a back-and-forth about AIDS with a reporter he spouted complete nonsense, apparently thinking he'd said something with, you know, meaning. Here's the exchange:

Reporter: "Are you saying, then, that the Catholic Church is actually not opposed in principle to the use of condoms?"

The pope: "She of course does not regard it as a real or moral solution, but, in this or that case, there can be nonetheless, in the intention of reducing the risk of infection, a first step in a movement toward a different way, a more humane way, of living sexuality."

Nice. Very clear, pope guy. You sure straightened everything out with that comment. Now we understand . . . uh, duh . . . no, we don't. In fact, your response means nothing at all.

I love this part: ". . . in a movement toward a different way, a more humane way, of living sexuality." What in blazes does that mean? And you're the sexuality expert, eh? Well, you did have to delve into the field, what with all your priests having sex with innocent children and all.

So, pope guy, are you going to revisit South Africa now to tell the people there to use condoms, after you just told them not to? Maybe you can engrave those new, immortal words of yours on stones and drop them on the people from a plane. You know, to get that clear, new message out. Hallelujah!

He just goes around doing good works, doesn't he? Watta guy!

UPDATE: Here's a new quote from the AP about the popey guy's remarks:  "Pope Benedict XVI says in a new book that condoms can be justified for male prostitutes seeking to stop the spread of HIV." Nice. "Normal" people can't use condoms but prostitutes can -- and it's male prostitutes he's talking about. What a twisted creature.