Joining his country's 50,000-strong Catholic community in their grief, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg of Bulgaria described the pope as a consistent defender of the poor and the sick and praised him for his crucial role in establishing democracy in Southeastern Europe and for promoting Christian values.
Pridružujući se žalosti 50.000 katolika u svojoj zemlji, bugarski premijer Simeon Saks-Koburg opisao je papu kao doslednog branioca siromašnih i bolesnih i pohvalio njegovu odlučujuću ulogu u uspostavljanju demokratije u jugoistočnoj Evropi i promovisanju hrišćanskih vrednosti.