and there was a grotto, that had to do with jesus' teaching, going back to the fourth century. so the idea he might be teaching on "our father" here made it convenient for the crusaders, and they called it the "our father church." the lord's prayer is found in two places. the favorite one is the one in matthew because it is longer. it seems to be more complete. that is said to be on top of the mountain, in the galilee, so jerusalem is not the galilee. up in the galilee, you have a beautiful site on the northwest shore, and this little valley overlooks the sea of galilee. when there is not any other distractions or noise around, everyone in that whole valley can actually hear somebody speaking. so from that standpoint, it is a favorite today. to say that jesus went up to a mountain -- this is a kind of a hill, but it is hardly a mountain that he went up to, if he was really giving the sermon on the mount. this is, i would say, a romantic picture. it is still a beautiful picture, and not a totally unlikely model, but a model nonetheless. what we should focus on instead is the fac

french authorities shut the grotto and evacuated about 200 people following flash floods at the catholic site. heavy rain and unusual snowfall in the area led to above normal levels. the site attracts millions of visitors every year but is temporarily closed to the public. conditions are going to be on the severe side for the time being, because of the stationary low pressure system, and temperatures are going to be cooler than average across the west. but much hard hotter than average across the east, going up to 35 degrees on thursday in berlin. but paris going down by about 10 degrees as we go into thursday. here's the extended forecast. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with more at the top of the hour. and here we are on an absolutely spectacular, sunny summer afternoon on lake shasta up here in northern california. that's snow-covered mount shasta right over there. now, lake shasta holds the distinction of being the largest man-made lake in the entire state of california. it's also known as the houseboat

this week, there was more than five feet of water in the shrine's grotto and hundreds of people were evacuated from the area. church officials called it a catastrophe. >>> president obama has nominated ken hackette, the retired president of catholic relief services, as the next u.s. ambassador to the vatican. hackett led the u.s. bishops overseas relief and development arm for 18 years before retiring in 2011. a mile stone in the orthodox jewish tradition. three orthodox women were ordained as clergy. they were not given the title rabbi but rather will be called maharat, a hebrew akron up for hebrew law, spirituality and torah. while other branches of judaism allow female rabbis, the orthodox do not. the three graduates all have positions in orthodox synagogues and organizations. they will be allowed to perform some, although not all of the duties of a rabbi. >>> finally, 50 years ago this week, president john f. kennedy submitted landmark civil rights legislation to congress that proposed ending discrimination on the basis of race. the bill wasn't passed until the following year, bu

in the newly discovered grotto beneath the church steps, he is hoping to build a place to house the ashesdearly departed pets. >> it seemed like a natural fit. st. francis, animal, and a place for people to put the ashes of their deceased animals. >> this week he notified parishioners of the plan which will include glass covered rooms where people can leave ashes and mementos. >> they can put urns in there. >> there are places to have service animals for police. >> as someone walks through and visits, it will be like an ongoing history of people that have been involved in the shrine. animals involved in families' lives. >> one nearby business owner said some of the neighborhood were upset they weren't given more notice about the plans. both the city health department and planning department referred calls on the matter to each other. >> the people who bring their pets here can be catholic or they can be noncatholic. because after all, the no religion. >> he says the space will help generate money for the shrine. in the end, taking beloved pets of all sizes just as st. francis would have d

flooding killed two people and forced the closure of the catholic pilgrimage filling the got toe g the grottourdes. look at that flooding. bill: that's a rare sight. tea party activists converging on washington. kentucky senator rand paul founder of the senate tea party caucus was there. >> i'm like most americans. horrified that my government has gotten out of control and is persecuting people for their religious and political beliefs and it needs to end and it needs to end now. it turns out that the government employee at the irs who will not testify and who will not help with the hearings. it turns out she has been doing this for decades. she was at the fec telling republican candidates you need to quit and never run for office again. she has been using this bully nature of government. we are sick and tired of government bullies and we need to shend them home. -- we need to send them home. bill: you are talking about lois lerner. do you think it stops with her? >> what i'm worried about is there may be a culture of corruption within this. you have government unions which have gotten so lar