[sinkspur]

What so you, Catholic Caucus? Would a Pope/Cardinal/Bishop/Priest/"Deacon" be justified in recommending condom use to a woman whose spouse is HIV positive (considering a one in five failure rate)?

.....if the alternative is certain exposure to HIV.

Finish the sentence, Brian.

[Polycarp IV]

You know that condoms have a one in five failure rate in preventing HIV transmission. If she has marital relations with him on any regular basis, with or without a condom, she is going to get HIV.

To counsel ANY marital relations, WITH OR WITHOUT condom use, is condemning the woman to certain exposure.

[Polycarp IV]

Finish the sentence, Brian.

If the wife tells you they have marital relations once a week, for the next year, without condom use, there are 52 chances for her to get HIV.

With condom use, she has 13 chances to get HIV.

So you as an ordained deacon would counsel her to go ahead, but use a condom, so that instead of definitely being exposed to HIV 52 times, she'll only definitely be exposed to HIV 13 times?

That just does not sound like the mind of Christ, of mercy or compassion, to me.