POPE-U.S. VISIT-GROUND ZERO

Pope Benedict XVI and New York Cardinal Edward M. Egan walk in the pit of former World Trade Center towers in New York April 20. The pope later said that his visit to ground zero to pray for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks "will remain firmly etched in my memory." (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec) (Dec. 12, 2008) See VATICAN LETTER and VATICAN LETTER SHORT Dec. 12, 2008.

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Pope Benedict XVI and New York Cardinal Edward M. Egan walk in the pit of former World Trade Center towers in New York April 20. The pope later said that his visit to ground zero to pray for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks "will remain firmly etched in my memory." (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec) (Dec. 12, 2008) See VATICAN LETTER and VATICAN LETTER SHORT Dec. 12, 2008.