Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Vienna's beautiful St. Nikolas Russian Orthodox Church, in November. (Click to open the photo, then once again to greatly enlarge...

. It being Easter on the Western Christians' calendar, I thought I would hike to my Christmas cave and see if anything had changed...

. (No, it's not Chanuka gelt , even though it is now Chanuka.) This nice medallion was made by the Franciscans to honor Pope Fran...

. The very idea of having an Invocation for Peace is a feather in the Pope's cap. It was very moving to watch the interaction of su...

. Starting now, live coverage of the Invocation for Peace. President Peres just arrived at the Vatican gardens.  Watch it on https://ww...

. Eight o'clock in the morning. Pope Francis is already at the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount. The Mufti of Jerusalem is spe...

. The Pope is finally landing in Israel now! Watch live at http://www.haaretz.com/travel-in-israel/religion-relics/pope-holy-land-visit/1...

.   Pope Francis just landed in Bethlehem.  Later, at 4:20 Israel time, he will fly to Ben Gurion Airport to be welcomed in Israel. Tomor...

. The Vatican flag over Jerusalem  Papa Francesco will be landing in Amman in just a few minutes. You can follow his busy day, live,...

Join the prayer vigil for peace in the Middle East, live from Rome, now. At least Pope Francis is doing something positive about it, bles...

. I watched fascinated yesterday, June 29, the live broadcast of the Mass from St. Peter's for the great Feast of Saints Peter and Paul...

. While spending Thursday, which was our International Museum Day, at the Tower of David , I noticed that birds feel very safe inside th...

. Ha! Just yesterday I blogged about Franciscans and tonight we have a new Pope who has chosen the name Francis! Francis of Assisi, aft...