Should clergy be allowed at the ceremonies at Ground Zero this weekend? While the article in The New York Times seems a tempest in a teapot from one angle, here's another view which makes a better case.
But most of all, the witness of the clergy was embodied by Fr. Mychal Judge, O.F.M., in the sacrifice of his life in the service of others. Fr. Judge, the New York City fire chaplain who was killed after racing into one of the burning towers, is listed as first official victim of the attacks on the World Trade Center: "Victim 0001." Surely his public sacrifice warrants remembering the place of clergy—publicly.
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