Pope to Visit US, Including Ground Zero
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 12, 2007

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI will travel to the United States for the first time as pontiff next year to meet with President Bush, address the United Nations and visit ground zero, a Vatican official told American bishops Monday.

The pope also will celebrate Mass at the new Nationals Park stadium and Yankee Stadium during the April 15-20 visit to Washington and New York, according to Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Vatican ambassador to the United States. the rest-NYT