What Pope Benedict actually said about condom use

What Pope Benedict actually said:
"There may be a basis in the case of some individuals, as perhaps when a male prostitute uses a condom, where this can be a first step in the direction of a moralization, a first assumption of responsibility, on the way toward recovering an awareness that not everything is allowed and that one cannot do whatever one wants. But it is not really the way to deal with the evil of HIV infection. That can really lie only in a humanization of sexuality. " - Pope Benedict XVI

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Deflating the New York Times' Condom Scoop
No, the Pope did not change Catholic teaching on condoms.

Condom-mania still going strong

From Bill Donohue at the Catholic League (USA):

Metro News is reporting that today the Bloomberg administration is launching an iPhone app that allows users to find the nearest place to receive free condoms. The following is Bill Donohue's quote to Metro News:
"Condomania has reached new heights of delirium with this latest iPhone app gimmick. Every year the Bloomberg administration gives away more free condoms, and every year the rates of STD's climb. They are impervious to reason--they never get it."

Cases of STDs reported by state health departments: United States, 1997-2009