CAMEROON: Catholic cleric pushes for condoms

A Catholic Cardinal has approved the use of condoms as a protective measure against HIV/AIDS, provided the couple using them is married.

The 75-year-old Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi told Deutsche Presse-Agentur on Saturday, "If a partner in a marriage is infected with HIV, the use of condoms makes sense."

Although the Catholic Church considers sex between unmarried couples as immoral, Tumi commented that "possibly there can be a rethink there".

Nonetheless, the cardinal did not expect the Vatican to stray from its traditional stance against the use of condoms.

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