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| holyland News+ XML/RSSBy The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies The Christian community in the Holy City totals a mere 15,000 residents and continues to decline, according to the Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem published by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. By Michal Moreno Pope Benedict XVI : "I rejoice to have come to Nazareth. All of us need...to return to Nazareth" By michal moreno Pope Benedict XVI continued his historic pilgrimage through the Holy Land earlier Tuesday, visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the Roman-era Temple remnant that represents Judaism’s holiest place and the most-visited tourist site in Israel. By michal moreno Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the Holy Mass in the Garden of Gethsemane at the Kidron Valley to an audience of several thousand faithful, including Catholics from the Holy Land and pilgrims and tourists from around the world. | ||||||||||||||||||||||