I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, fo

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment. – Pope John Paul II

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