John Allen: "Breaking News" that is already outdated

Several dutiful readers have alerted me to John Allen's most recent "word from Rome" story entitled, "Vatican draft document would approve condoms for married couples with AIDS."

Quick response: John Allen is wrong that the Vatican is about to approve condoms for married couples. He bases his claims on outdated comments made by Cardinal Barragan that the Cardinal himself has already taken back in this interview with Zenit yesterday (which I presume Allen has not read).

I would pursue this question further but I have three pressing engagements today. Read Allen's article, then read the Zenit interview, and everything should be cleared up. If not, I have plenty of reading material on this issue right here.