Pope on Addressing AIDS: “First and Foremost,” Work to Change Sexual Behavior

Says in developing countries with higher birth rates “Population is proving to be an asset, not a factor that contributes to poverty.”

By Ellen M. Rice

VATICAN CITY Dec. 11, 2008 (Lifesitenews.com) — In his 2009 World Day of Peace message released today, Pope Benedict XVI urged the world to fight moral underdevelopment and problem behavior in order to achieve victory over the AIDS pandemic.