The Lancet is rebuked.Rome -- The prestigious British medical journal The British Medical Journal, or BMJ, is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world.[2] It is published by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (owned by the British Medical Association), whose other The Lancet lancet /lan·cet/ (lan´set) a small, pointed, two-edged surgical knife. lan·cet n. published an editorial March 12, 2005, entitled "The Pope's grievous errors." As well as a personal attack on John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. , the article was severely critical of the Church's attitude and response to the problem of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome infection in Africa. A letter protesting and correcting the magazine's stance was promptly sent by Fr. Robert Vitillo, special adviser on HIV/AIDS at Caritas Internationalis. He emphasized the Church's role in the care and treatment of those inflicted with the disease, quoting Church co-operation with other international organizations which deliver relief. He particularly stressed the fact that the two methods promoted by the Church to prevent the infection--abstinence and marital fidelity--are now recognized as legitimate and effective by the scientific community. Fr. Vitillo made the point in response to the personal attack that the Pope himself was "first among high-profile religious leaders to embrace and dialogue with people living with HIV/AIDS." He explained that John Paul The name John Paul might refer to: Full name
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