John’s baptism cannot give the Spirit.” Further reading: The River Jordan, cherished by all Churches Why did Jesus, who was sinless, insist on being baptized by John? “He made himself one ...

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 ...

Baptism Church is located where Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River: highlights from Register reporter Solène Tadié of the church dedication and locale.(Photo: ...

The exhibition features over 90 artifacts that narrate the history of Christianity in Jordan from its beginnings to the ...

Under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah, the "Jordan: Dawn of Christianity" Exhibition has been inaugurated in Rome, Italy.The exhibition, which runs from January 31 to February 28, aims to ...

And that “holy place” has a special geographical significance. The baptism of Jesus took place in the Jordan River, in the valley east of Jerusalem, just north of the Dead Sea and not far from ...

The Jan. 10 inauguration of a vast church on the very spot where Jesus Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River was an event of significant symbolic importance, both ...

Ahead of the 'Jordan: Dawn of Christianity' exhibition in the Vatican, Father Rifat Badar, a Jordanian priest with the Latin ...

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 ...

The Cardinal will preside over the Mass of Dedication and inauguration of the new church at the Baptism site on the Jordan River (Al-Maghtas). Among the concelebrants will be Cardinal Pierbattista ...

The Vatican Secretary of State, who presided over the consecration of the Latin Church at Al-Maghtas on behalf of Pope Francis, made a new appeal for a ceasefire, hostage release, and peace based ...