In the footsteps of Scripture

In the ninth and final episode of the podcast In the footsteps of Scripture: a travel diary in Jordan between the Old and the New Testament, the pilgrims are on their way home. They share photographs and, above all, the experiences of faith that marked their lives: from the desert of Wadi Rum to Petra, from Mount Nebo to the Jabbok, from Amman to Bethany beyond the Jordan, and finally to Gadara an...

In the eighth episode of the podcast In the footsteps of Scripture: a travel diary in Jordan between the Old and the New Testament, the group of pilgrims goes to Gadara and Gerasa, in northern Jordan. These cities belonged to the Decapolis, loyal to the Roman Empire and shaped by Hellenistic culture and were among the first places to receive the proclamation of the Gospel. “From the very beginning...

In the seventh episode of the podcast In the footsteps of Scripture: a travel diary in Jordan between the Old and the New Testament, the group of pilgrims, from the banks of the Jordan, walk to the nearby Church of the Baptism of Jesus, consecrated in January 2025. Here they meet Father Sergio Perez, who is responsible for the community of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, entrusted with the ca...

In the sixth episode of the podcast In the footsteps of Scripture: a travel diary in Jordan between the Old and the New Testament, the pilgrimage reaches Bethany beyond the Jordan, identified as the site of the Baptism of Jesus. On the opposite bank lies Jericho. It was here that the people of Israel, led by Joshua, crossed the river; the area is also associated with the place where the prophet El...

The fifth episode of the podcast In the footsteps of Scripture: a travel diary in Jordan between the Old and the New Testament, takes the pilgrims to the capital city, Amman, known in the Bible as Rabbath Ammon. Here they meet the Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Cyprus, Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, who speaks about the role of Christians, peaceful coexistence, interreligious dialogue and th...

The fourth episode of the podcast In the footsteps of Scripture: a travel diary in Jordan between the Old and the New Testament, brings us to the Jabbok stream, in the north of Jordan. Here, in a lush and green setting, the pilgrims sit on large rocks along the riverbank to pray and meditate on the episode of Jacob’s struggle with God and his subsequent reconciliation with his brother Esau. Father...

In the third episode of the podcast In the footsteps of Scripture: a travel diary in Jordan between the Old and the New Testament, the group of around thirty pilgrims heads into the land of Moab, the setting of the entire Book of Deuteronomy. The journey then continues to Mount Nebo, the extraordinary place where Moses glimpsed the Promised Land but did not enter it, and where he died. “Mount Nebo...

In the second episode of the podcast In the footsteps of Scripture: a travel diary in Jordan between the Old and the New Testament, the group travels to Petra, also located in the territory of Edom. On their arrival, the pilgrims venture through the siq, the narrow canyon, and admire the traces left by the Nabataeans, who settled here around the sixth century BC. Beyond the undeniable charm of thi...

The first stage of the podcast In the footsteps of Scripture: a travel diary in Jordan between the Old and the New Testament takes us to the desert of Wadi Rum, in the south of the country. It is here that the group of around thirty pilgrims begins its journey, marked by visits to places that bear witness to the history of salvation narrated in the Scripture. The pilgrimage sets out in the te...