"I know how much it warmed the heart of my great predecessor, God's servant John Paul II, that this act of historic justice happened and that Europe was able to breathe with two lungs - an eastern one and a western one, " the letter said.

BBC: The event is being marked by three days of celebrations

And it was then I saw how similarly intent my crash-mates were to see God in a wrecked bus.

CNN: Is our suffering God's will?