[CondorFlight]

“Pope Benedict appointed Cardinal Turkson to head the Vatican’s justice and peace office.”

“Justice and peace” are too often code words for “disbelief” and “my kingdom is of this world”.

I hope in this instance the cardinal is also a Christian...

[mlizzy]

I hope in this instance the cardinal is also a Christian...

"In response to a question regarding the position of the synod on AIDS, and particularly the use of condoms, the cardinal first noted that there are two prevailing answers: the use of condoms, and a greater availability of antiretroviral drugs." Link

The cardinal did go on to say condoms are "risky," but didn't condemn their usage altogether. Our own parish priest told me condoms are to never be used no matter what the reason. He didn't go into it regarding AIDS, but I would imagine he would say abstinence is the only answer. I'm going to have to speak with my brother-in-law, an orthodox R.C. priest on this ... now I'm already leery of this cardinal.

[livius]

He’s replacing Cdl Martino, a real left-wing loon who had never met an NGO or a statist program that he didn’t love. However, I think a lot of Africans are a little shaky on this doctrine stuff, including some who have made it fairly far up in the Church. I think there was a bit too much haste to get Africans into the heirarchy and in some cases they are not very orthodox (their doctrine is all over the place, and they support condoms, polygamy, witch doctors, etc.).