Pope John Paul II Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Religion and AIDS === {{Main|Catholic Church and HIV/AIDS}} John Paul II continued the tradition of advocating for the [[culture of life]]. In solidarity with [[Pope Paul VI]]'s ''[[Humanae vitae]]'', he rejected artificial birth control, even in the use of condoms to prevent the spread of [[AIDS]].<ref name="Condom" /> Critics have said that large families are caused by lack of contraception and exacerbate [[Third World]] poverty and problems, such as street children in South America. John Paul II argued that the proper way to prevent the spread of AIDS was not condoms but rather "correct practice of sexuality, which presupposes chastity and fidelity".<ref name="Condom" /> The focus of John Paul II's point is that the need for artificial birth control is itself artificial, and that principle of respecting the sacredness of life ought not be rent asunder in order to achieve the good of preventing AIDS.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page