The Vatican’s blanket ban on contraceptive use broke as Pope Benedict XVI commented on utilization
of condoms as justifiable in some cases.

In an interview with a German journalist during his four-day visit in Great Britain, the pontiff
illustrated male prostitutes using condoms as example in taking step to stop the widespread of AIDS.
It marked the break of Vatican’s long-held policy denouncing use of contraceptives.

The Pope elucidated the use of condoms as the ultimate remedy to ward off virus, not as avoiding
conception. This is a surprising comment amidst his papacy in turmoil.

The statement is an add-on to Pope Benedict XVI’s enthusiastic admission of the Catholic church’s
frailties, like the sexual abuse crisis that he dubs as “a volcano filth” from the devil. The previous
statement was directed to his critics as “readiness for aggression” after revoking the two bishop’s
excommunication.

In 2006, the Pope uttered his critical remarks in Regensburg, Germany, that triggered rage of the
Muslim world. With astonishing bluntness, said that he would resign as Pope if he cannot feel up the
duties and responsibilities. Pope was facing challenges.

The first book will be published soon by Peter Seewald to reveal the pontiff’s too personal, provocative
and unrepentant character as a Pope. The author, Seewald, was also the author of two previous
interview books with Benedict during his cardinal days.

The publication of the book is an indication that the 83 year old Pope, who is serving for 5 years
now, recognizes the challenges of his papacy. Crisis, such as the sexual abuse of minors by priests,
resembles a shaky rule in his term that even his greatest allies and defenders admit serious
communication problems.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who assumed the name Benedict XVI, is the Catholic Church’s 265th pope
that was seated in April 19, 2005.

According to the papal biographer George Weigel, the upcoming book proves that the Pope is his self’s
best advocate. In the upcoming book, Benedict sustains the stance that the Church do not perceive
that the real and moral solution are condoms, rather it’s the humanization of sexuality that will best
deal the evils of HIV virus.

And now, for the first time, another door for debate on the issue was opened.

The Pope said, “There may be a basis in the case of some individuals, as perhaps when a male
prostitute uses a condom, where this can be a first step in the direction of moralization, a first
assumption of responsibility, on the way toward recovering an awareness that not everything is
allowed and that one cannot do whatever one wants.”