Remembering Sept. 11, Vatican says enemies of humanity won't prevail

Published: 2004-09-10

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Under the banner headline, "Darkness in the history of humanity," the Vatican newspaper remembered the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States and subsequent terrorist attacks around the world. "But the enemies of humanity can never prevail," said the subhead in the Sept. 11 edition of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. The newspaper, distributed to journalists Sept. 10, called for acts of courageous peacemaking and reconciliation around the globe. "Hope is the only real force that can lead the world toward a future of peace where terrorism is only a sad memory," the front-page editorial said. "Now more than ever, there is a need for authentic peacemakers, for men and women who have the courage to build bridges and not to dig ditches between peoples. It is a courage that only hope can increase," the newspaper said.

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