After yoga and Sunday shopping, Croatia's Catholic Church targets condoms

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After yoga and Sunday shopping, Croatia's Catholic Church targets condoms

After yoga and Sunday shopping, Croatia's Catholic Church targets condoms

ZAGREB (AFP) - After "defeating" yoga classes for teachers and Sunday shopping, Croatia's Catholic Church is again testing its power in this conservative society by opposing a safe-sex programme in schools.

"Under the pretext of protecting adolescents against AIDS (news - web sites), a technique on how to use preventive means is actually being practised," the Croatian Conference of Bishops fumed in a recent statement.

The bishops labelled the programme as "explicitly against Christian moral teaching," in line with the Catholic Church's general opposition to contraception and condom distribution.

Mirjana Krizmanic, a social psychologist, said the Church had no right to meddle in the health policies of a secular state.

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After yoga and Sunday shopping, Croatia's Catholic Church targets condoms

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