Walking in Jesus' footsteps

Submitted on December 09, 2009

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By Joseph Kenny

A Catholic sister walked toward the Wedding Church in Cana, just outside Nazareth, where Jesus entered public life at a wedding feast by performing His first miracle -- changing water into wine.

Joseph Kenny

Here, Christianity first took root.

Natives of what today is Israel — some Jews and others pagans — became the first followers of Christ. As reported in the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, they united under the name of Christians, with some going on to preach the Good News to the world.

Now, from Nazareth in the valley to Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee to Jerusalem in the mountains, key biblical sites in Israel are visited by thousands of Christians every day.

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