Rome, Italy, Mar 28, 2011 / 10:50 am
Pope Benedict XVI made a heartfelt appeal for peace at an emotional memorial ceremony in Rome, March 27.
The Pope visited the site where 335 people, mostly Romans, were executed during World War II by the Nazi occupation forces.
The Pope and the chief rabbi of Rome, Riccardo di Segni, both prayed Psalms at what is now a mausoleum in the victims' memory.
Pope Benedict was joined by two cardinals as he entered the bunker-like monument and knelt before the rows of tombs to pray.