John Paul II affirmed that the Church stands for " a culture of life" against a " culture of death" -taking an approach to human flourishing grounded in a fixed view of gender roles, marriage, and procreation.

若望·保禄二世宣称，教会支持“生的文化”，反对“死的文化”——采取一种以性别角色、婚姻和生育的固定观点为基础的人类繁荣的方法。