Condoms4Life promotes a culture of life.

World AIDS Day saw the launch of a new global public education effort to counter Vatican misinformation on condoms and end the Catholic bishops' ban on condoms. Using the message, "Good Catholics Use Condoms," the campaign is a new phase in the Condoms4Life campaign starting in Washington, DC, and then moving worldwide. Throughout 2004, newspaper and billboard ads, internet action alerts, and educational materials geared to reach Catholics at risk of HIV/AIDS with the truth about condoms will appear in selected cities in Latin America, North America and Africa.

Sponsored by Catholics for a Free Choice, the Condoms4Life campaign has praised those bishops who support a change in church policy. For example, Bishop Kevin Dowling from Rustenburg, South Africa, has spoken out in favor of condoms as an AIDS prevention tool. In the current issue of U.S. Catholic, Bishop Dowling has written an article entitled "Let's not condemn condoms in the fight against AIDS," in which he states, "I believe our credibility as a church is on the line here.... For me, the condom ... question is not simply a matter of chastity but of justice."

"We cannot stand by and let the Vatican go unchallenged with its irresponsible attitude towards condoms and Catholics," stated Frances Kissling, president of CFFC. "Cardinals and bishops must promote a culture of life in which responsible sexuality and AIDS prevention are linked; not a culture of death which will result in more AIDS ravaged communities, especially in the developing world. Catholics need to know that using condoms doesn't make one a bad Catholic. In fact, using condoms to protect themselves and their partners is part of being good Catholics."