Pope's visit to Jordan

The Friday Competition - try and find a news service covering the Holy Father's trip to the Near East that doesn't mention his 2006 Regensberg speech which "outraged" Muslims or the recent lifting of the excommunication of Bishop Williamson which "outraged" some Jews just recovering from their "outrage" over the possible beatification of Pope Pius XII and the "outrage" at the restoration of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
Here's one you can have for free. It provides a decent guide to the places the Holy Father will be visiting with no editorial comment at all. He'll starte with:
Jordan:
Mount Nebo - An 800-metre-high summit in north-western Jordan, where according to the Bible Moses viewed the Promised Land before his death.
Located less than 30 kilometres south-west of Amman and under 50 kilometres to the east of Jerusalem, Mount Nebo overlooks the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea. On a clear day Jerusalem is visible in the far distance to the west.
After his arrival in Jordan for the first leg of his tour of the Holy Land, Mount Nebo is the first holy site the Pope is scheduled to visit.
Madaba, known as the City of Mosaics for its ancient mosaics, including a sixth-century one of the Holy Land. Now one of the largest cities in Jordan with an old Christian community, it was once inhabited by the Moabites, a historical people who lived in Moab, the mountain range running along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. Mentioned several times in the Bible, it was a bishop's see in early Christian times. The Pope will drive through the city's Christian quarter in his Popemobile.
Bethabara, also known as Bethany beyond the Jordan, or Bethany of Transjordan - the site on the Jordan River above the Dead Sea, where according to the New Testament Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.
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