The Pope drops Catholic ban on condoms in historic shift - Telegraph
While he restated the Catholic Churchs staunch objections to contraception because it believes that it interferes with the creation of life, he argued that using a condom to preserve life and avoid death could be a responsible act even outside marriage.
Asked whether the Catholic Church is not fundamentally against the use of condoms, he replied: It of course does not see it as a real and moral solution. In certain cases, where the intention is to reduce the risk of infection, it can nevertheless be a first step on the way to another, more humane sexuality.
He stressed that abstinence was the best policy in fighting the disease but in some circumstances it was better for a condom to be used if it protected human life.