http://taylormarshall.com/2013/09/when-jesus-went-to-syria.html
It’s good to remember that Jesus spent some of His ministry in Syria.
Most importantly, Jesus Christ made Peter the first Pope while in Syria.
Saint Paul converted there. Early Christian lived there.
Caesarea Philippi (now Golan Heights) was the place of a shrine to Caesar as God.
Christ appointed Peter in this location so as to associate Peter’s ministry to Rome.
This geographically linked Peter’s ministry with the Roman mission to displace the Caesar and adopt the Empire for the purposes of the God’s kingdom.
It’s history is linked to Christ, the papacy and to the Catholic Church. It is dear to His Sacred Heart.