without turning into the agents of destruction of creation itself." 3 Indeed, in his first homily as pope he stated that he would continue to underline unequivocally "the inviolability of human beings, the inviolability of human life from conception to natural death." 4 In response to the papal election the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, said, "We would have hoped for someone more open to the recent developments in the world, the ministry of women, and a more reasonable position with regards to condoms and HIV/AIDS." 5 Yet Cardinal George Cottier, one of the Vatican's most influential theologists, supports the use of condoms as defence against HIV in special cases. 6 Furthermore, Cardinal Lozano Barragan, effectively the Vatican's minister of health, has said that a spouse has the right to use a condom or oblige their marriage partner to do so in self defence against HIV infection. 7 Will Benedict XVI accept and even develop this revolutionary idea for Catholics?
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