Pope John Paul II, ever encouraging in his focus on a culture of life, lauds the efforts of organizations such as the Culture of Life Foundation that bring hope, help, and truth to those engulfed in a culture of death:

“St. Paul assures us that the present victory over sin is a sign and anticipation of the definitive victory over death, when there ‘shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”’ (1 Co 15:54-55).

In effect, signs which point to this victory are not lacking in our societies and cultures, strongly marked though they are by the ‘culture of death.’ It would therefore be to give a one-sided picture, which could lead to sterile discouragement, if the condemnation of the threats to life were not accompanied by the presentation of the positive signs at work in humanity's present situation.

Unfortunately it is often hard to see and recognize these positive signs, perhaps also because they do not receive sufficient attention in the communications media. Yet, how many initiatives of help and support for people who are weak and defenseless have sprung up and continue to spring up in the Christian community and in civil society, at the local, national, and international level, through the efforts of individuals, groups, movements, and organizations of various kinds. (Evangelium Vitae 25-26).