Dagen 17 juli:: I dag samlas aidsexperter från hela världen i Rom. Sjukdomen är ännu ett gissel främst i Afrika. 34 miljoner människor beräknas bära på hiv-viruset. Experterna i Rom ska bland annat gå igenom ny forskning som visar att det nu finns...
Vatican Official Advocates "Treatment at All Levels"
En ny intervjubok med påven utkommer i dag. Det är den tyske journalisten Peter Seewald som för tredje gången djupintervjuat påven Benedikt XVI. Resultatet finns i boken "Världens ljus: påven, kyrkan och tidens tecken" som publiceras på åtta...
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VIENNA (CNS) -- Although much of the news coverage of HIV and AIDS focuses on advances in research or controversies over prevention methods, those who struggle on the frontlines of the pandemic say more attention needs to be focused on those who quietly care for people living with the virus. "Home...
Vienna, Austria, Jul 23, 2010 ( CNA ).- Giving a talk before the kick-off of an international conference in Austria on the AIDS crisis, Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight stressed that Catholics need to underpin their efforts...
Large reductions in funding for AIDS work around the world are putting at risk the lives of people who depend on faith-based organizations for care, treatment and support, warned Catholic activists and others participating in the XVIII International AIDS Conference. Läs mera...
A new U.N. AIDS study has lent credibility to faith leaders who have long argued that behavioral change was a key to combating the spread of the illness, says a Catholic expert on the disease. "Within the United Nations, there is more and more attention to focusing on abstinence and the reduction...
Cardinal Protests Media's Portrayal as Enemy
Caritas Internationalis-- the consortium of international Catholic charitable agencies discussed by Pope Benedict in his first encyclical-- and the Embassy of the United States of America ...
Affirms Benedict XVI's View on Halting Disease
A key African cardinal told the press yesterday that Africans “would be happier” if the money spent on exporting condoms to Africa were instead spent on antiretroviral drugs to combat HIV. ( National Catholic Reporter ) (CNS)
Says Abstinence, Fidelity More Effective than Condoms . The director of Harvard's AIDS Prevention Research Project is affirming that Benedict XVI's position was right in the debate on AIDS and condoms. Edward Green stated this in an address at the 30th annual Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples...
A report in Lancet concludes that the role of homosexual activity in spreading AIDS in Africa has been considerably understated . Although most HIV-positive Africans are heterosexual, the Lancet study notes, homosexual men have a much higher rate of infection, and contribute substantially to the spread...