ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just dipped her feet in the water where Jesus is said to have been ...

AL-MAGHTAS, Jordan – For years, Christian pilgrims have waded into the Jordan River from both its eastern and western banks to connect with a core event of their faith – the baptism of Jesus. The ...

On the banks of the Jordan River where the Bible says Jesus was baptized, 15-foot-high reeds rustle in the wind. The site on the Jordanian side of the river looks much like the New Testament describes ...

AL-MAGHTAS, Jordan – For years, Christian pilgrims have waded into the Jordan River from both its eastern and western banks to connect with a core event of their faith — the baptism of Jesus. The ...

The Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Friday consecrated a new church at a place on the banks of the Jordan River that the Catholic Church officially recognizes as the site ...

QASR EL-YAHUD, West Bank-- Pilgrims seeking serenity during a visit to Jesus' traditional baptism site may be rattled to discover they are surrounded by thousands of land mines left over from dormant ...

WADI AL KHARRAR, Jordan — Thousands of Catholic Christians attended on Friday a special mass on the banks of the Jordan River in an annual pilgrimage to the site where faithful believe Jesus Christ ...

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