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Pope John Paul II’s Words on 9/11 Anniversary Resonate 25 Years Later
Confirmed
In Short: On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Pope John Paul II's words of peace and justice continue to resonate, as he prayed for an end to hatred and violence.
On the Tuesday following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, Pope John Paul II offered condolences to the United States and the world, voicing his prayer to God for peace and justice, according to reports from Aleteia.org.
In his homily, John Paul II repeatedly emphasized the importance of young people turning to figures like Blessed Frédéric Ozanam as role models, as detailed in accounts from Aleteia and Ateneo.
Pope John Paul II's message of peace and justice continues to inspire, as seen in his words of prayer for an end to the spiral of hatred and violence, which were shared by Aleteia.org.
What's confirmed
- The program has been a fixture of the Church calendar since 2000, when it was launched by St. John Paul II.
What's still developing
- The resolution passed by a 50-48 vote, with four Republicans – Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Rand Paul of Kentucky – breaking with their party to support its adoption.
- John Fetterman, of Pennsylvania, was the sole Democrat to vote against the resolution.
- During a recent Q&A alongside director Paul Greengrass, Garfield said he hopes the film triggers unease among billionaires, not just sympathy for its 14th-century rebels.
- The actor stars in The Uprising, a medieval epic about class revolt, and he didn’t mince words about its modern resonance for the world’s richest people.
- Paul to the Ephesians (5:8), these words capture the spirit of a way of life which Ateneo holds up to her sons and daughters as their best contribution to the work by which God transforms the world.
- Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis wrote in a statement published Aug. 28.
- “I was thrilled to learn that Pope Leo XIV has given his assent to the election of Chorbishop Sharbel Maroun as Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites in Syria by the Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Church of Antioch of the Maronites,” Archbishop Bernard A.
- Paul and Minneapolis and the Archeparchy of Damascus — which operates like an archdiocese — have maintained a partnership.