On May 6, 1962 he canonized our Brother Martin, saying, “ A springtime flower has opened in the Church.”I have thought of your lands, your immense and beautiful continent, lands where saints have flourished...humble, pure and innocent...Such was Martin de Porres, long recognized as blessed, but upon whose forehead we already see shining the radiant halo of the saints... It is necessary to always speak and practice the truth, to observe the virtue of justice for all people, doing harm to no one, and, above all, to establish a world of fraternal and universal love. This is the great triumph of the gospel, the purest flower of Christian civilization and culture.