- “The family based on marriage is […] at the center. It is the first cell of our communities and must be recognized as such, in its unique and indispensable generative function. Not because it is an ideal and perfect entity, not because it is an ideological model, but because it represents the natural place of first relationships and generation.”
- “This demographic winter is serious”: “it is very serious,” “in Europe and especially in Italy.”
- “Pornography” is “a permanent attack on the dignity of man and woman.”
- “The dignity of men and women is also threatened by the inhumane and increasingly widespread practice of ‘womb renting,’ in which women, almost always poor, are exploited, and children are treated as commodities.”
Address to the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe, June 10, 2022