Farewell Ceremony
Images from the Farewell Ceremony. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
Farewell Ceremony
Images from the Farewell Ceremony. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
Farewell Ceremony
Images from the Farewell Ceremony. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
Farewell Ceremony
Images from the Farewell Ceremony. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
Farewell Ceremony
Images from the Farewell Ceremony. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
Farewell Ceremony
Images from the Farewell Ceremony. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
Farewell Ceremony
Images from the Farewell Ceremony. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
Farewell Ceremony
Images from the Farewell Ceremony. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
Farewell Ceremony
Images from the Farewell Ceremony. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
Farewell Ceremony
Images from the Farewell Ceremony. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
More images from the Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
Pope Benedict XVI laughs at the crowds' reaction to Cardinal Egan. The Cardinal was announcing the names of the dioceses celebrating their 200th anniversary and he announced the New York diocese after announcing the Boston diocese. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
The crowd at Yankee Stadium during welcoming remarks from Cardinal Egan. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
MASS WITH THE HOLY FATHER
The altar at Yankee Stadium. (photo from USCCB streaming video)
Sunday, April 20, 2008
- 9:30 a.m. The Holy Father will visit Ground Zero, the site of the disaster at the World Trade Center.
- 2:30 p.m. Mass at Yankee Stadium will bring this historic visit to a close. The 200th anniversary of the Baltimore Archdiocese’s designation as an archdiocese, as well as the birth of four dioceses – Boston, New York, Louisville and Philadelphia – will be highlighted during the Mass.
- 8 p.m. Shepherd One lifts off from John F. Kennedy airport in the Brooklyn Diocese, heading east to the Eternal City.
See Itinerary for more details
At Ground Zero, Pope Will Pray for Victims and Families, World Peace
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In addition to praying at ground zero in New York for the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and for their families, Pope Benedict XVI will pray for peace and understanding in the world.
On April 10 the Vatican posted on its Web site the missal Pope Benedict will use during his April 15-20 visit to Washington and New York; the missal includes the prayer he will recite at ground zero April 20.
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Pope's Ground-Zero Visit to Include Some Members of Victims' Families
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of New York is organizing a small group of family members of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to participate in Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the World Trade Center site the morning of April 20.
Because of the solemnity of the visit and for security reasons, the number of participants will be limited and family representatives will be selected by lottery. The visit will be televised.
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Grinding for God: Pope to Get 'Official Papal Skateboard' from Youths
NEW YORK (CNS) -- When Pope Benedict XVI returns to the Vatican, he'll be toting a gift not generally associated with an 81-year-old pontiff. He'll take home the "official papal skateboard," a gift from the youths of New York.
The gift and a contest to design it started with a remark made by a teen member of the skateboard club at St. Elizabeth Parish in Washington Heights, a hilly neighborhood in northern Manhattan.
Father Peter Pomposello is a skateboarder and the parochial vicar at St. Elizabeth. As he recalled it, he was talking about the papal visit with the club members and they began to ask him questions about why the pope was coming and what he would do in New York.
"I said, 'We pray with him and we give him gifts,'" he said, "and one kid, without missing a beat, said, 'Let's give him a skateboard!'"
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