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New church in Jordan reflects national desire for closer ties with Christendom‍

The Jan. 10 inauguration of a vast church on the very spot where Jesus Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River was an event of significant symbolic importance, both spiritually and diplomatically. It also reflected the Hashemite kingdom’s determination to establish itself a