In his eternal kingdom, God welcomes all those who strive day after day to put his word into practice. For this reason, the Virgin Mary, the most humble of all creatures, is the greatest in his eyes, and sits as Queen at the right hand of Christ the King. We wish to entrust ourselves once again to her heavenly intercession with filial confidence, in order to be able to realize our Christian mission in the world."

In expressing the lively hope," the pope concluded, "that no political system can ever again, in the name of ideology, deny the rights of the human person and his freedom and dignity, I assure my prayers for all of the innocent victims of that immense tragedy, and I invoke the holy Mother of God, that she help the nations to proceed along the paths of reconciliation, and to construct the present and the future in mutual respect and in the sincere search for peace."