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» BBC News: Church Rejects Plea on Condoms
   News report on announcement of the Catholic Church in southern Africa that condoms are a misguided and immoral weapon in the fight against AIDS.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1465326.stm

» BBC News: EU Criticises Vatican's Condom 'Bigotry'
   The European Union criticised the Catholic Church for its stand on the use of condoms to fight HIV.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3843797.stm

» BBC News: Vatican in HIV Condom Row
   Reports on criticism of the Catholic Church for telling countries with high HIV rates that condoms are permeable to the virus.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3176982.stm

» BBC Panorama: Condoms - The Science
   Scientific background and review of claims and counter-claims on condom effectiveness and safety.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3845011.stm

» BBC Panorama: Condoms at Carnaval
   About promotion of safe sex at Rio carnival in 2004, where Samba music played while huge spiky HIV viruses danced next to oversized condoms.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3844985.stm

» BBC Panorama: Vatican - Condoms Don't Stop HIV
   About the Catholic Church's effort to tell people in countries stricken by AIDS not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3180236.stm

» Condoms and the Church
   Forum posting tells about an African bishop's pragmatic endorsement of condom use.
   http://www.afronets.org/archive/200212/msg00030.php

» Global Campaign to End the Bishops' Ban on Condoms
   Organization of Roman Catholics opposed to the Church's policy against the use of condoms. News, essays, and position papers on the topic.
   http://www.condoms4life.org/

» School Condom Availability
   Fact sheet by Advocates for Youth. Supportive of school condom availability as a component of comprehensive sexuality education.
   http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/FSSCHCON.HTM

» Seattle Catholic - The Wisdom of Bishop Cawcutt
   Essay of support for the South African bishop who made statements directly opposed to the Roman Catholic Church's teaching on contraception, fornication and homosexuality when he recommended proper condom use as a means of fighting the spread of AIDS.
   http://www.seattlecatholic.com/article_20010831_Wisdom_of_Bishop_Cawcutt.html