Located in the Middle East, Jordan is close to several conflicts. With Syria to the North, Iraq to the East, Israel to the ...

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RiverTree Church in Mitchell was awash in red Wednesday. It wasn't leftover Christmas decorations that were providing the color, but rather the red blazers of Family, Career, and Community Leaders of ...

There are limits to the theology of geography. Our souls are not physical places; our souls are spiritual realities. But ...

Located in the southern part of the peaceful country, a trip to Jordan must include a trip to the Wadi Rum. As Jordan’s most ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, is the pope’s special envoy for the Mass of consecration of the Church of the Baptism of Christ, January 10. The site is traditionally believed to ...

The Vatican Secretary of State, who presided over the consecration of the Latin Church at Al-Maghtas on behalf of Pope ...

Catholics will celebrate the feast of the Baptism of Jesus. Christian baptism is rooted in a rich symbolism of water in the ...

Air temperatures in December 2024 were above average over the entire Arctic Ocean, continuing the pattern set in November. Average Arctic sea ice extent for December was the lowest in the satellite ...

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A surfer missing in Australia is believed to have died in a shark attack, authorities said on Friday, as they searched the waters where the man disappeared. The 28-year-old was in the sea at a popular ...