The Vatican’s comprehensive and nuanced approach reflects the region’s complex realities.

He also invited international pilgrims to visit the church, the Baptism Site, and other Christian pilgrimage locations in Jordan ... Pope Benedict XVI blessed the cornerstone of the church on May 10, ...

The fragile truce in Gaza ignites hopes (also) in Jordan to resume tourism as soon as possible a sector considered strategic ...

Three popes have visited the 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.

The structure stands on land in the Wadi al-Kharrar area donated by King Abdullah ... Church of the Baptism of Jesus in Wadi al-Kharrar, the site in the desert area near the Jordan River where ...

AMMAN - Secretary of State of the Holy See Cardinal Pietro Parolin concluded his visit to Jordan on Tuesday after presiding ...

A depiction of the Baptism of the ... It was Pope Benedict XVI who, during a visit to Jordan in 2009, laid the foundation stone for the building, alongside King Abdullah II. The project, funded ...

In 2009, when Pope ... in Jordan, we have a very close and friendly relationship with Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad who is the king’s cousin and had been responsible for developing the Baptism ...

The Holy See announces that Pope Francis has appointed Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin as a papal envoy to inaugurate the Church of the Baptism of the Lord in Jordan on Friday (JT ...

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 ...