“From a minefield to a place of prayer”: the celebration of the Baptism of Jesus returns to the Franciscan church on the River Jordan https://ofm.org/blog/from-a-minefield-to-a-place-of-prayer-the-celebration-of-the-baptism-of-jesus-returns-to-the-franciscan-church-on-the-river-jordan/

"I repeat that violence is always self-destructive," "PopeFrancis said, speaking of #CapitolRiots
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For the first time in 54 years Mass will be celebrated at St John the Baptist Chapel on the banks of the Jordan River on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord tomorrow - the chapel was closed in 1967 and the building barred to visitors due to land mines. https://www.scross.co.za/2021/01/with-land-mines-gone-mass-to-be-celebrated-at-west-bank-baptismal-site/