River Jordan, the site of Jesus\' baptism, a \'sewage pipe\'
River Jordan, the site of Jesus' baptism, a 'sewage pipe'
If Pope Benedict hoped to immerse himself yesterday in the waters of the River
Jordan, where Jesus was said to have been baptised by his cousin John, he
will have been disappointed: the river is now such a polluted, denuded
shadow of its former self that bathing is prohibited in its sluggish, brown
waters.
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