In his speech in Rome, he stressed: "We need spiritual values; we need a revolution of the mind. ... The "Iron Curtain" crumbled and the most symbolic fact of this was the fall of the wall between East and West Berlin. ... East and West Germany were heading towards unification but obstacles were put in the way by the Soviet Union. ... USSR: The year 1989 foreshadowed the fall. ... Fall of the Soviet Union symbolized death of an idea. ...

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