CISA REPORT:
PORT MORESBY, May 11, 2012 (CISA) –The Catholic bishops in Papua New Guinea have opposed the distribution of condoms to students in Catholic high schools.
The Ministry of Education in the country has ordered that condoms to students should be distributed in secondary schools as part of a new policy aimed at combating HIV and AIDS.
“We cannot be forced to follow a policy which contradicts our philosophy on education,” Archbishop Francesco Panfilo of Rabau, Vice-President of the Episcopal Commission for Catholic Education told Fides.
Sex education will not be carried out by encouraging condom use among students despite the decision of the state, said the bishops.
Archbishop Panfilo said that the Church was ready to go to court over the matter.
The archbishop explained that the Catholic Church considers the distribution of condoms a wrong signal to students. He said it encourages promiscuity among students.
“If a school gives a ballpoint pen and a book to a student, the basic message is simple-to study. But if you give condoms, the message for students will be-go and feel free to do what you want. It is an invitation to irresponsibility, said James Ume, a principal in a secondary school in Papua New Guinea. SOURCE: CISA NEWS AFRICA
The Ministry of Education in the country has ordered that condoms to students should be distributed in secondary schools as part of a new policy aimed at combating HIV and AIDS.
“We cannot be forced to follow a policy which contradicts our philosophy on education,” Archbishop Francesco Panfilo of Rabau, Vice-President of the Episcopal Commission for Catholic Education told Fides.
Sex education will not be carried out by encouraging condom use among students despite the decision of the state, said the bishops.
Archbishop Panfilo said that the Church was ready to go to court over the matter.
The archbishop explained that the Catholic Church considers the distribution of condoms a wrong signal to students. He said it encourages promiscuity among students.
“If a school gives a ballpoint pen and a book to a student, the basic message is simple-to study. But if you give condoms, the message for students will be-go and feel free to do what you want. It is an invitation to irresponsibility, said James Ume, a principal in a secondary school in Papua New Guinea. SOURCE: CISA NEWS AFRICA
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