Responses to the Martini question: National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly

The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly has generously made available to us some recent articles on the questions that Cardinal Martini has raised about condom usage by couples when one spouse is infected with the HIV/AIDS virus.

The three pieces below were originally published in NCBQ (PDF files):

Letter from William May of the John Paul II Institute (3pp.)

Debate between Martin Rhonheimer and Benedict Guevin (14pp.)

In-depth analysis of the question by Luke Gormally (17pp.)

NEW: Originally published in "Ethics and Medecine" (Microsoft Word):

NEW: "Condoms and HIV Prevention" by Peter J. Cataldo, Ph.D., Director of Research, NCBC

You can take out a subscription to the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly right here, and a subscription to their monthly bulletin "Ethics and Medicine" right here.

Our thanks to Edward J. Furton, M.A., Ph.D., Ethicist and Director of Publications of The National Catholic Bioethics Center for making these scholarly materials available to our readers in a timely fashion. I would recommend considering taking out a subscription to this excellent journal. I'll try to make a few more articles on this topic available soon. In the meantime, please feel free to alert more people to these new resources!

Update: almost 200 online news sources are now covering this story.

Also, two more topical articles:

• Interview with Cardinal Trujillo (President, Pontifical Council for the Family) concerning condom use
• "Family values vs. safe sex" - by Cardinal Trjillo, President, Pontifical Council for the Family

UPDATE 2: A complete roundup of this topic.