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JL ope John Paul II commemoratedthe deadly terrorist attxks in the United States with prayers for the victims and for world peace. "We implore tenacity and perseverance for all men of good will in pursuing paths of j ustice and peace," he said Oct. 11 during a morning prayer with hundreds of bishops attending a monthlong synod. "May the Lord uproot from the heart of man every traceof rancor, enmity and hate and make him open to reconciliation, solidarity and peace, " the pope said. As in his previous public statements since the start of a U.S. bombing campaign on suspected terrorist targets in Af ghanistan, the pope did not support or condemn the military action. The pope's observance of the one-month anniversary of the Sept. 11 attxks was one of thousands held around the world including New York City, the site of the World Trade Center and in Washington, D.C., where the nearby Pentagon was attacked. At a memorial Mass in St. Matthew's Cathedral, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of
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Pope John Paul II is applauded by bishops as he leads a special prayer service at the Vatican Oct. 11 marking one month since the terrorist attacks on the United States. Washington asked the faithful of his archdiocese to fast one day a week for the duration of the war on terrorism. Cardinal McCarrick, who lost a firefighter relative in the attack on the towers of the New York World Trade Center, said the request for voluntary fasting came from a need for concrete actions as the United States and its allies battle terrorists. "I feel we have to do something, " the cardinal said at the Mass, attended by 300 to 400 people. "We will ask God to bring justice and peace to the world, so that men and women will never live in fear again." VICTIMS, page 8
Flight 93 hero: Man of faith, family by TIM DRAKE National Catholic Register
Thomas Burnett, Jr.
SAN RAMON, Calif. - For the nation , the defining moment of 38-year-old ThomasBurnett Jr.'s life came Sept. 11 when he decided to thwart the actions of United Airlines Flight 93. But for Mr. Burnett it came on April 25, 1992, when he started his own family. A press statement released by Tom's sisters after his death stated that "the most important tiling in Tom's life was his family." Indeed, not only was Mr. Burnett able to spend time with his par-
ents the weekend before his death, but his family also p layed a role in his presence on Flight 93, bound from Newark to San Francisco. Originally scheduled for a later flight, Mr. Burnett booked an earlier flight in order to get back home to his wife and three daughters - twin 5-year-olds and a 3-year old. Mr. Burnett spoke by phone with his wife four times before the plane went down. Much of what is known about the plane's last moments is a result of those calls. In his first call to his wife, Tom explained that the p lane had been hijacked by men claiming to have a bomb and that a passengerhad FLIGHT 93, page 8