CoverGirl , '' one member posted on the page , `` Condoms for Pope Benedict XVI . '' `` It frightens me that a man who has devoted his life to moral guidance ... and is undeniably a learned , intelligent man can be at the same time so narrow-minded , bigoted and irresponsible , '' posted another person on a different page . The online campaign added another voice to a deluge of criticism , which includes the governments of France , Germany and Belgium . Aid agencies and other health organizations have also chimed in . The Lancet , a British medical journal , urged the pope Saturday to issue a retraction for the `` outrageous and wildly inaccurate '' statement to journalists aboard his plane . `` When any influential person , be it a religious or political leader , makes a false scientific statement that could be devastating to the health of millions of people , they should retract or correct the public record , '' The Lancet said in an editorial . `` Anything less from Pope Benedict would be an immense disservice to the public and health advocates , including many thousands of Catholics
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Critics took to the social networking site Facebook to voice their fury over Pope Benedict 's remark that condoms do not prevent HIV . Pope Benedict XVI 's anti-condom comments have raised the ire of some Facebook users . Thousands have pledged to send the pontiff millions of condoms to protest the controversial comment he made to journalists as he flew to Cameroon last week . `` You ca n't resolve it with the distribution of condoms , '' the pope told reporters . `` On the contrary , it increases the problem . '' Pope Benedict XVI has made it clear he intends to uphold the traditional Catholic teaching on artificial contraception . The Vatican has long opposed the use of condoms and other forms of birth control and encourages sexual abstinence to fight the spread of the disease . About a dozen Facebook groups have sprung up , mostly from European countries , criticizing the pontiff . `` The clergy are n't supposed to have sex at all , but they are free to tell people how to conduct themselves ? That 's like a girl who wears no make-up as the CEO of