In the history of the Church, John Paul II will remain as the Pope of the Second Vatican Council, who participated in the preparation of its documents, who guided his entire pontificate with these keys, and who resolved the post-conciliar crisis.

He also carried out a titanic work of visit to the universal Church and of renewal of the doctrine with his initiatives. With special gratitude will remain the memory of the conference World Youth Days, testimony of the future. His successor will say of him: "He leaves a more courageous, freer, younger Church. A Church that, according to his teaching and his example, looks serenely to the past and is not afraid of the future".

And he did so without losing his simple, pious, calm and joyful disposition. This was evident for all to see, because he was a Pope who always lived surrounded by the public.

Moreover, the world owes him for his contribution to the fall of the Berlin Wall, which was not only a border-prison to prevent average Europe from escaping from the greatest and most failed political experiment in history, but also a mental border that crosses the twentieth century. It was an immense joy for John Paul II who began his pontificate with the cry "open the doors to Christ". And he paid for it with an assassination attempt. But he also fought to open the frontiers of a capitalism that only values money; or of a scientistic positivism that cannot defend what is love, justice, freedom and the person.