On Sept. 11, pope pays homage to all victims of terrorism

Published: 2005-09-12

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) -- On the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, Pope Benedict XVI paid homage to all victims of terrorism around the world and appealed for an end to hatred and renewed dedication to peace. "Today, 11 Sept., we remember the victims of terrorist violence throughout the world," he said at the end of his noontime Angelus prayer at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. "May God inspire men and women of good will everywhere to renounce hatred and to build a world of justice, solidarity and peace," he said. The Vatican press office released a written copy of the pope's remarks the same day. In Rome, U.S. Archbishop John P. Foley said the unpredictable attacks by terrorists and the recent Hurricane Katrina disaster in the United States remind people that "we are dependent every moment of our lives upon the Lord." While human beings are autonomous, they are not self-sufficient, he said in his Sept. 11 homily at Rome's American parish, Santa Susanna.

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