Latest comments from the Vatican as per BBC News

The Vatican has clarified Pope Benedict XVI's comments on condoms, saying their use by men and women to prevent HIV could be an act of "responsibility".

The clarification follows comments suggesting Pope accepted their use only in exceptional circumstances.

But the Vatican's senior spokesman said the key point was taking the life of the other person into consideration.

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To me that opens it up completely.

It means that every who who is Catholic can now say "I could be at risk of HIV from my husband, because I don't know what he does in his spare time away from me. So we must use a condom in future"

or

From the husbands point of view "I must take the life of my wife into consideration. I think it's too much for her to deal with giving birth and might result in her death. So I must use a condom from now on"

Gay people/prostitutes etc can use similar arguments.

So there you have it. All Catholics can now use condoms.