Are HIV and AIDS God’s punishment?
HIV/AIDS must never be considered as a punishment from God. He wants us to be healthy and not to die from AIDS. It is for us a sign of the times challenging all people to inner transformation and to the following of Christ in his ministry of healing, mercy and love. ( A message of Hope to the people of God from Catholic bishops of South Africa, Botswana, and Swaziland, July 30, 2001.
Around 1.7 million people have died of AIDS at the of 2011. In total 2.5
million people newly infected with HIV in 2011. From these figures, 2.2 million
are adults and 330.000 million are children. People in every region and every
country are affected. Dozens of countries are already in grip of the HIV and AIDS
epidemic. Many more are on the brink.
