"'Praise be Jesus Christ!'

 
"Those were the first words Karol Jozef Wojtyla spoke upon his election as the Successor of Saint Peter more than 26 years ago, and those are our words now.

"As profoundly saddened as we are by his passing; as deeply as we will miss him; we praise the Lord for the gift he has been to the Church and to the world, and for the eternal life we trust he now shares with Jesus and Mary."