Remembering 9/11

9/11 Tribute in Light (photo: Andy Choinski / Pixabay/CC0)

Landing pages September 8, 2021

As our nation looks back at the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, we ponder the lessons learned, and we renew in our hearts the prayer spoken by Benedict XVI during his 2008 visit to Ground Zero: “God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the earth.”

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