I wouldn't call trying to save human lives "being a slave to fashion". Scientists, doctors and governments throughout the world have criticized his statements as being unrealistic, unscientific and dangerous. I read that the current Pontiff is the most extreme since Pius XII. Last week Catholics in Brazil were told they could be excommunicated if they had helped perform an abortion on a nine-year-old who had been raped, but, strangely, not if they had been involved in the rape that impregnated her. Everyone is entitled to their own religious beliefs, but for me, a leader of the Church who promotes dogma over saving lives, is not my idea of a good Christian. At the very least it shows just how out of touch he is. Any fool can see that condoms work - what is the problem with that?