that is most unfortunate but it's not even confined to the Catholic Church. Some of the more conservative Protestant sects tend to believe the same thing. a very devout Pentacoastal friend of mine teaches a program (developed by her church group) called Worth Waiting For in high schools. When i asked her what she told the kids she gave me the expected response of abstinence and all that stuff, but also how condoms are completely unreliable. that pretty much ended the conversation there because i don't talk about religion with my friends for just such a reason. it's really sad though.