President Chen said that Pope John Paul II was an "ambassador of world peace" and was respected and admired by people of all countries and faiths, a fact attested by the attendance at his funeral of more than 200 delegations from more than 150 countries on six continents.
陳總統認為，教宗是舉世景仰、跨國界、跨宗教的「全球和平大使」，讓五大洲，超過 150 個國家、200 多個代表團，齊聚一堂為他追思。