9/11 Ceremony won’t include clergy or formal prayers
By ERIC MARRAPODI
Posted: August 25, 2011.
Posted: August 25, 2011.
Print: CNN
As the city of New York prepares to remember the 10th anniversary of 9/11, religious leaders are raising concerns over the lack of clergy participating in the anniversary events.
“Utterly disappointed and surprised,” Fernado Cabrera a New York City councilman and the pastor of New Life Outreach International church in the Bronx, said over the decision not to include any clergy in the ceremony.
“There’s certain things that government cannot do, and answering questions of meaning of ‘Why are we going through this?’ and ‘Where am I going to get strength from?’ - those are existential questions that can only be answered from a spiritual aspect,” Cabrera said.
“But Donahue and Cabrera said because this is the 10th anniversary, there should be clergy and prayer in the 9/11 ceremony to reflect the contribution faith, religion, and spirituality played in the recovery.”
I wonder who’s going to reflect on the role religion played in the attack.
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