Cardinal Parolin to consecrate Church of the Baptism of the Lord in Jordan
January 08, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis has written a Latin-language letter to Cardinal Pietro Parolin, his Secretary of State, appointing him his pontifical legate for the January 10 consecration of the Church of the Baptism of Jesus in Jordan, at what is believed to be the site of the Lord’s Baptism.
In the letter—dated December 30 and released January 7—Pope Francis recalled that the construction of the church took 15 years. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem notes that King Abdullah II of Jordan donated the land for the church in 2003 and that Pope Benedict XVI blessed the foundation stone during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2009.
Pope Francis also wrote that the appointment of a papal legate for the occasion came at the request of Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, the apostolic nuncio to Jordan, following consultation with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and other local prelates.
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