Dumbass of the Week

This weeks winner is: Pope Benedict

Pope Benedict, who's beginning a tour of Africa, has released a statement saying that condoms will not solve the HIV/AIDS problem. In fact, he says condoms would only make matters worse. Pope Benedict, like his predecessor Pope John Paul II, promotes abstinence.

The pontiff's comments have brought strong and sometimes angry reaction from some health agencies and advocacy groups. One of the organizations that's critical of the pope's comments is the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), one of South Africa's leading HIV/AIDS advocacy groups. Rebecca Hodesis the TAC's director of policy communication and research. From Cape Town, she spoke to VOA English to Africa Service reporter Joe De Capua about Pope Benedict's position on condom use.

Condom use is to blame for the HIV/AIDS infection rates worsening in Africa? That's news to me.

Let's see what the Centers for Disease Controls findings are concerning condom use and preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

Sorry your "Holiness" but misinformation creates more problems than it solves.