In his address on that day, he said:"the Shroud is an image of God's love as well as of human sin" and "it is an icon of the suffering of the innocent in every age."
Ve svém projevu v ten den řekl, že "Plátno je obrazem Boží Lásky i lidského hříchu" a nazval Plátno "ikonou utrpení nevinných v každém věku".