The 20th World AIDS Day

(01 Dec 08 - RV) Today is the 20^th World AIDS Day, a recurrence dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people between 1981 and 2007, and an estimated 33 million people worldwide live with HIV as of last year. Fr. Robert Vitillo is the Special Advisor to Caritas Internationalis on HIV and AIDS. He told us the Church has taken the lead in AIDS treatment and prevention, but has much work to do in battling the stigma attached to the disease…