Pope Francis met on Thursday with a Jordanian Lower House delegation, led by First Deputy Speaker of the Lower House Mustafa Khasawneh, during the "Jordan: Dawn of Christianity" exhibition in Rome, ...

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 ...

It was Pope Benedict XVI who ... Church is located where Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River. Credit: Solène Tadié Recalling that baptism marks “the beginning ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the ... The celebration marks the feast day that recalls Jesus’ baptism in the River Jordan and was established in 1981 by St. John ...

Before the Marian prayer, Pope Francis read the commentary on the Gospel of the day (Lk 3:15-16.21-22), which recounts the Baptism of Jesus at the River Jordan, a moment when the heavens ‘opened ...

Pope Francis has convened a high-level summit to demand that children be protected from war, forced labor, trafficking and ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis baptized 21 babies in the ... The celebration marks the feast day that recalls Jesus’ baptism in the River Jordan and was established in 1981 by St. John ...