Students involved in Boston College Students for Sexual Health, a group distributing free condoms around the Catholic university, received a letter from the administration telling them to stop. The letter from dean of students Paul J. Chebator and director of residential life George Arey claimed that "The distribution of condoms is not congruent with our values and traditions".
But as chairwoman of the group Lizzie Jekanowski said, "It harkens to a much deeper Catholic morality of caring for your neighbor — and that’s literally what we’re doing, is caring for our neighbors."
If Catholics ever get over the sex hangups and focus on that caring for your neighbor thing, the Church could actually be a force for good in the world. Want to take bets on the odds of that?