9/11 remembered

We go back to the day that Pope John Paul II called "a dark day in the history of humanity." The terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 will forever be etched on the hearts and minds of people across the world, including popes, ambassadors and clergy. We hear the voices of Pope John Paul II and of Cardinal Edward Egan of New York in their early reactions to the attacks, and of the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See at the time, James Nicholson who had just taken up his new diplomatic post in Rome. And, the U.S.' new ambassador to the Holy See, Miguel Diaz tells us how his embassy has been trying to build bridges of understanding between people of different religions and cultures so that such attacks will never happen again.

In this program, we also talk to Fr. Kevin Madigan of St. Peter’s Catholic Church that once stood in the shadow of the Twin Towers, and we hear the words of Pope Benedict XVI’s prayer at the site of Ground Zero during his pastoral visit to the United States in 2008…
Listen to this program produced by Tracey McClure: