Leonard took over from Cardinal Godfried Danneels who opposed key Vatican edicts such as a ban on condoms in AIDS prevention.
In the name of God is a number of art installations, that puts focus on Catholics prohibition against the use of condoms.
Although he fully endorsed John Paul II's views on bioethics, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger considered the use of condoms to be acceptable if one of the partners had HIV.
In February 2007, the company gained a significant amount of press when it sent 2000 condoms to NFL quarterback Tom Brady, a week after he had announced that he had impregnated his ex-girlfriend, actress Bridget Moynahan.
An example from May 2004 was the use of purple-dyed flour in condoms thrown at Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair in the chamber of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Fathers 4 Justice.
The memo suggested that Pope Benedict XVI, during his visit, could launch a range of branded condoms, visit an abortion clinic, bless a gay marriage and apologize for the Spanish Armada.
One Ministry of Health pamphlet depicts a character, "Maria Sem Vergonha" (Portuguese for "Maria that knows No Shame", but also a pun on the Brazilian name of the flowering genera "Impatiens spp.", maria-sem-vergonha), a scantily-clad sex worker who encourages prostitutes to take pride in their work and use condoms.
According to UNAIDS, several factors fuel the spread of HIV in the DR Congo, including movement of large numbers of refugees and soldiers, scarcity and high cost of safe blood transfusions in rural areas, a lack of counseling, few HIV testing sites, high levels of untreated sexually transmitted infections among sex workers and their clients, and low availability of condoms outside Kinshasa and one or two provincial capitals.
He received criticism for this from Manila Archbishop Jaime Sin, who called him an "agent of Satan" for distributing condoms against the Catholic Church's prohibition of condoms.
Julius Schmid (Julius Schmidt, 1865–1955), creator of the Sheik and Ramses condoms
In 1988, The Leather Nun were reviewed in Rolling Stone and quoted to be the first rockact to sell condoms as tourmerchandise.
Backers of ballot proposition Measure B, known as the County of Los Angeles Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act (aka "Condoms in Porn"), have called for the "No on B" campaign to return a $220,000 contribution from Manwin.
In the last 10–15 years, numerous American and European actors such as Rocco Siffredi, Nacho Vidal, and John Stagliano have visited Brazil to produce movies which, like most American pornographic productions, are shot without condoms (contrary to native laws requiring them).
There's a scary scene with Perry King, two condoms, and a scrub-down out of The Andromeda Strain.