President Yen responded with a letter in which he said the Republic of China is pleased that the Holy See has provided the world with the badly needed spiritual leadership for peace in the past decade of violence and chaos.
嚴總統已致函教宗，表達我國人民對和平文告的熱烈響應。嚴總統在函件中指出，過去十年暴動騷亂阻擾和平，中華民國欣喜在此期間，教廷始終給予世界所迫切需要的精神領導。