Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Dead animals are often the only animals I find to contribute to Sunday's Camera Critters meme. This pretty bird  was freshly...

. On St. John Paul II's first feast day (today, Oct. 22), we remember his visit to Israel in the year 2000. The historic message i...

. Today is the first-ever Catholic feast day for newly-canonized Pope St. John XXIII. He was pope from 1958 to 1963, and Israeli flags ...

. So! Pope Benedict XVI is leaving the Chair of Peter! Here in my photo he is leaving the gold and red chair on stage after celebratin...

UPDATE : I watched all one and a half hours of the live broadcast of the visit and speeches and music. It was all very moving! You can re...

. Where are the Swiss Guard boys when you need them?! (Photo by Pete Souza, July 10, 2009) . Some 15,000 visitors came to Midnight Mass at ...

. This whole week has been exciting, both in Jerusalem and for this blog, having Pope Benedict XVI in town. Tuesday the blog showed him c...

. Click on the photos and enlarge your viewing pleasure! Pope Benedict XVI is our guest in Israel this week and everywhere he goes, the ...

. My post of yesterday wanted to throw you right into the arena with the Christians.  No no no, not with lions! I mean, straight into the...