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was being pressured to require all male actors to wear condoms to prevent AIDS, in the Vatican it was revealed that, for the exact same reason, Pope Benedict--in his official capacity as the Church’ s chief spin doctor--went on record proclaiming that under some circumstances it might be acceptable for a