August 2005
Follow the Leader
by Emmy Favilla
On June 10, Pope Benedict XVI held forth on HIV for the first time since inheriting the hat. “Traditional teaching of the church [abstinence] has proven the only fail-safe way to prevent the spread of HIV,” he said, quashing hope of a condom miracle at the Vatican.
Across the Mediterranean, a Libyan court on May 28 postponed the death sentences of six Bulgarian and Palestinian medics who allegedly infected 400 kids with HIV. (Poor medical facilities are the near-certain cause.) Libyan head Muammar Qaddafi was quoted as asking, “How can we free the murderers of children?” Easy answer to both leaders: Tell the truth.
