Catholic clergy representing the Latin Church as well as Greek Catholics, Maronites, Chaldeans, Syriacs and Armenians ...

The year was 1982. As I was on the verge of entering the world, my grandparents undertook a pilgrimage to Jordan and Israel — a popular pursuit among Irish Catholics eager to explore sites documented ...

More than 4,000 pilgrims packed the "church of the baptism", west of the Jordanian capital Amman and near the Dead Sea. Thousands of Catholic Christians attended a special mass Friday on the Jordanian ...

During the liturgy, the faithful were sprinkled with holy water that had been collected from the Jordan River before Mass, ...

The celebration marks the feast day that recalls Jesus’ baptism in the River Jordan and was established in 1981 by St. John ...

Epiphany is one of the most significant and ancient Christian holidays. The celebration is dedicated to a great event in the ...

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 ...