A shrine near the traditional site of Jesus' baptism on the River Jordan hosted an Epiphany procession for the first time in more than 50 years on Sunday after it was declared free of landmines.

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany Beyond the Jordan on the banks of the Jordan River officially recognized by the church as ...

Three popes have visited the believed site of Jesus’ baptism on the Jordanian banks of the Jordan River: John Paul II in 2000, Benedict XVI in 2009 and Francis in 2014. Pope Paul VI first ...

The Baptism of the Lord Jesus teaches us something about ... consecrated a new church at the Al-Maghtas site on the east bank of the Jordan River. “Al-Maghtas” is Arabic for “immersion ...

the site in the desert area near the Jordan River where, according to ancient tradition, the Gospel story of the baptism of Jesus at the hands of John the Baptist took place. The celebration will ...

The baptism site was added by UNESCO to the World Heritage List in 2015. The spokesperson for the Catholic Church in Jordan, Rifat Bader, said 1,000 people were allowed to attend the pilgrimage ...

Baptism was not a new ... This confirms Jesus’ identity as the Son of God. The crowds of people standing on the banks of the River Jordan will know for certain that this is the greater person ...

From the baptismal waters of the River Jordan to the sacred heights of Mount Nebo, Jordan is a living testament to biblical history that predates and arguably outshines the Vatican's institutional ...

This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the baptism of Jesus Christ ... in the Jordan River, the Holy ...