A fuller article on the topic from earlier on Sunday – there’s a study , but this time no sense of which direction the study will go:

Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, who is in charge of the Vatican’s healthcare ministry, disclosed plans to publish the document in an interview published in La Repubblica newspaper yesterday.

"Soon, the Vatican will issue a document about the use of condoms by persons who have grave diseases, starting with Aids," said Cardinal Barragán "My department is carefully studying it, along with scientists and theologians."

He described the issue as a "very difficult and delicate subject which warrants prudence". He did not want to anticipate any outcome of the study.