Thousands of Catholic Christians attended a special mass Friday on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River in an annual pilgrimage to the site where many believe Jesus was baptised. Before the ceremony ...

The Kasr el Yahud Baptism Site, a significant Christian pilgrimage location at the Jordan River, has been renovated to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italian star tenor Andrea Bocelli, 58, a Catholic, makes the sign of the cross at the edge of the Jordan River, attended by a ...

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

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 parallel traditions ...

The more than half a million people who visit the Jordan River site of Jesus’ baptism each year may be dunking in effluent water and subjecting themselves to serious health risks, an environmental ...

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, reaffirmed the Catholic Church's recognition of the official baptism site of Jesus in Jordan and said a new chapel on the opposite ...

The site has been closed to the public for testing after initial results from sampling showed high levels of sewage and agricultural chemicals. In recent years the flow of the river has slowed to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christians believe Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, and many visit the site to take part in mass ...

AL-MAGHTAS, Jordan (AP) — 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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen ...