I mentioned Irish American Franciscan Chaplain Father Brian Jordan in a previous post: [9/11 Cross 2002] Here he is blessing the cross after it was installed at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, July 23, 2011.[1] I was investigating to see who altered the cross. The first photo is how the cross was found. Notice the edges are bent. The cross was straightened and dulled after it was found. In 2002, Father Jordan said that "God creates", but he did not create the cross this way. Men changed these beams.
Like the atheists that are protesting, I am not too hot on the idea of holy water being used in a religious government ceremony on ground consecrated by the Pope himself. However it is more complicated than that. Even Trinity Church is a National Historical Landmark. In Lower Manhattan many worship on public land already. Also cemeteries on government land have religious consecration services. It is not uncommon to bring a clergyman.
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