The call for mutual forgiveness was the continuation of a theme begun on Friday in Greece, where the Pontiff sought God's forgiveness for the wrongs committed by Catholics against Orthodox faithful inthe past 1, 000 years.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is nearing a decision on whether to allow the companies to participate inthe debt-forgiveness program that it consistently has resisted.
"If you're alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness from the victims, " Tsarni said in front of reporters in a news conference outside his Montgomery County, Maryland, home.