the lesser of two evils

when cardinal martini came out on the side of condoms in the fight against the spread of aids- my first thought was, " i am sure that the pope isn't going to condone such a thing." well, i was wrong- sort of. although the pope's stance is still that abstinence is the best prevention of aids/hiv- he is willing to take a look at condoms for married couples (how he will reconcile that with the catholic church's need to propagate i am not sure). anyhoo, i am really glad that i was sitting down when i read this because i never thought that the catholic church would entertain the common sense approach. i will not be waiting with my hand on my ass waiting for that to happen, though.