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Published online 20 April 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050418-8
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Pope urged to reflect on condom use
AIDS group pleads with conservative Ratzinger.
Officials from the United Nations AIDS programme today implored the new Pope, Benedict XVI, to consider permitting the use of condoms.
The election of conservative Joseph Ratzinger as Pope has led many to predict that the Roman Catholic Church, which forbids the use of condoms, will not consider lifting the ban to prevent the spread of disease.
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