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I was born and raised Catholic, as in my Italian mom insisted on having a picture of the current pope up in our house at all times. And while I'm not Catholic anymore, I do have a certain nostalgia about the pope. That is, until the pope goes and does something really (I think we can all agree) dumb, like condemning the use of condoms to prevent AIDS.

Vindication arrives in the form of clever products, and not only am I pretty sure the pope would never use a condom machine, I'm also fairly positive he didn't endorse these pope condoms:

These have been spotted in Paris, though they don't appear to be for sale anywhere online.

Hey, I've always said that being an ex-Catholic is sexy. 

[via I Love Bad Things]

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