Editing Pope John XXIII (section)

==Tributes==
On 3 December 1963, US President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] posthumously awarded him the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the United States' highest civilian award, in recognition of the good relationship between Pope John XXIII and the United States of America. The citation for the medal reads:{{blockquote|"His Holiness Pope John XXIII, dedicated servant of God. He brought to all citizens of the planet a heightened sense of the dignity of the individual, of the brotherhood of man, and of the common duty to build an environment of peace for all humankind."}}

Paul VI wrote in his first encyclical letter, ''[[Ecclesiam Suam]]'', that John had "labored with masterly assurance to bring divine truths as far as may be within the reach of the experience and understanding of modern man."<ref>Pope Paul VI (1964), [https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_06081964_ecclesiam.html Ecclesiam Suam], paragraph 68, accessed on 6 September 2024</ref>