Pope Benedict to visit Israel?

From AFP:

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI may visit Israel early next year, the Jewish state's former premier Shimon Peres said after an audience with the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Peres told reporters that the 78-year-old German pontiff had said he hoped to come early 2007 after receiving an invitation from acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

"He may do it in the first part of next year," Peres said.

Israeli President Moshe Katsav had already last November issued a formal invitation to Benedict but no date had been set.

... and the Pope's schedule keeps filling up. (I've updated the list)