Vatican spokesman highlights Jordan’s holy sites
January 17, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication, has published an editorial, “Holy Land: A fifth Gospel that begins in Jordan.”
“When we think or speak about the Holy Land, we naturally refer to the historical places of Jesus’ life in Palestine and Israel: Bethlehem, Nazareth, Capernaum, Jerusalem,” Tornielli wrote in the editorial, published yesterday. “But there is another country where Christian memories are scattered and which is worth making a destination for pilgrimages: Jordan.”
Tornielli discussed Aqaba, Petra, Mount Nebo, Machaerus, and Al-Maghtas, the site of Jesus’ baptism.
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