
The Pope still lives in his dream world: "Chastity helps prevent the spread of AIDS" - which is of course a pretty absurd position when you look at the problems in regions like Africa. There, large parts of the population cannot even engage in the sexual intercourse for procreation that the Catholic Church actually endorses without getting infected...
The Pope's stance on this issue is simply irresponsible. Especially in developing countries, the Church often has far too much influence and should be aware that people there are dying because of their nonsensical statements. You cannot counter the problems of overpopulation in such regions and the danger of AIDS infection with silly references to chastity - only education campaigns and, specifically, the promotion of condom use help.