On the morning of Saturday, 7 November 2026, His Beatitude Mar Paulos III Nona, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, visited the Baptism Site of Jesus Christ (Al-Maghtas) as part of his visit to Jordan. He stressed the importance of promoting Christian pilgrimage to the holy sites in the Kingdom, especially as the 2030 Jubilee approaches.

His Beatitude was welcomed at the site by H.E. Bishop Iyad Twal, Patriarchal Vicar for the Latins in Jordan, accompanied by Fr. Khaled Gammoh, Secretary of the Vicariate. The visit included the Latin Patriarchate’s Church of the Baptism, where the monks of the Institute of the Incarnate Word explained the site’s spiritual and historical significance.