Michael Kelly
Bullet-ridden chapel on River Jordan holds first Mass since Six-Day War
A Palestinian works on the Franciscan Chapel of St John the
Baptist at Qasr al-Yahud. Photo: CNS/Debbie Hill
What was once a closed military zone has now been opened to pilgrims, writes Michael Kelly One of the highlights of any pilgrimage to the Holy Land now is a visit to the Qasr al-Yahud site in the West Bank where Jesus was baptised in the River Jordan. I first visited the site in 2007,…