Papal Mass in Nazareth

The pope is now celebrating Mass on the Mt. of Precipice in Nazareth. What a fantastic crowd! It's the largest so far to gather for the pope's visit! We think it's over 40,000 people! http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1242212372695&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull From the TV we saw our Missionaries of Charity, and all the Carmelite nuns from Nazareth! We friars from Judea are not joining the celebrations in Galilee but are preparing for tomorrow when the pope visits the Holy Sepulchre and pays a courtesy visit to the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus II. Security will be super tight in the Old City.

More news on the Nazareth visit:
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1085505.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8049377.stm