For 2,000 years, since Jesus descended into the waters of the Jordan River to be baptized by John the Baptist, the river has been a pilgrimage site for Christians from around the world. And on the ...

The apostolic nuncio to Jordan, Bishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, listens during the press conference at the Baptism site on the Jordan River on Jan ... “Jordan is also holy land.

My family found this out on a recent trip to the Holy Land. The idea of going on a pilgrimage ... We waded in the Jordan River at the place where Jesus was baptized. We visited a cave near the ...

ALONG THE JORDAN ... out on the river’s banks as part of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The river’s history and its water have been as politically fraught as holy, and for decades land mines ...

An ecumenical delegation of bishops from 11 countries participated in the annual pilgrimage of the Holy Land Coordination ... s baptism of Jesus at Bethany Beyond the Jordan, on the eastern bank of ...

She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water where Jesus is said to have been baptized, in the Jordan River ... holy, and for decades land ...

In Jordan, a 50km pilgrimage trail follows the path of a 4th-Century nun who journeyed through the Holy Land – centuries ... eastern edge of the Great Rift Valley, the 50km route winds through ...

Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan, highlighted this unity: “One of the very first trips of a Pope outside of Italy in modern times was Pope Paul VI landing in Amman in ...

Standing at the Jordanian baptismal site Bethany Beyond the Jordan ... The river's history and its water have been as politically fraught as holy, and for decades land mines have lurked menacingly ...