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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 was baptised."This is the first [pilgrimage] day after the end of the coronavirus pandemic," said Father Rifat Bader, spokesman for the Catholic Church in Jordan.The annual event
Priests dip their fingers in water they drew from the Jordan River and use it to bless the congregation, emulating the baptism of Jesus - Click the link for more details.
Jordan began Christmas celebrations by unveiling a project that could attract 1 million pilgrims annually to the officially recognized site of Jesus' baptism on the east bank of the Jordan River.