” “"The spreading of Aids explained father Lombardi is completely independent of the religious confession of a population or the influence of the ecclesiastic hierarchies, and the policies in response to Aids that are mostly based on the widespread use of condoms have largely failed. The response to Aids requires far deeper and wider actions, where the Church is working on several fronts". The "Letter", noticed the director of the Vatican newsroom, "does not remotely broach the true issue that is at the heart of the Humanae Vitae, i.e. the connection among the human and spiritual relation between husband and wife, the practice of sexuality as its expression, and its fecundity". In the "Letter", pointed out father Lombardi, "the word «love» never appears. It seems the groups that wrote the letter are not interested in it at all. It seems the only hope of the couples and the world lies in contraception alone. To understand the meaning of the Encyclical and its «prophetic» value, one should instead read again the Pope’s speech of 10th May to the participants in the meeting held in the Lateran for the 40th anniversary of the Humanae vitae". After all, concluded Lombardi, "it’s clear it is not an article that expresses a theological or moral position, it is paid propaganda to promote the use of contraceptives. One should also wonder who paid for it and why".” “
