vatican, never change. or do, actually.

From The New York Times: Vatican Issues Sweeping Bioethics Document

Apparently this statement by the Vatican surprises some people. This is the same institution who won't endorse condoms because people who have pre- or extra-martial sex deserve to get AIDS or something. How many Catholics actually still pay attention to them? My mother was Catholic but used birth control, or at least was a Catholic until she realized the Pope wasn't keeping up with the times when it came to the rights of women...