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Reader: Then, while [Jesus] was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who had come from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, procuring a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the ...

Pope Leo XIV held the first mass of his papacy Friday morning in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave of cardinals that gathered at the Vatican wasted little time choosing a new ...

Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV ...

They went into last week's conclave vastly outnumbered and smarting after being sidelined by Pope Francis for 12 years.

Averting a financial crisis “will rank among most pressing issues for the new pontiff,” says Charles Gillespie, PhD, ...

Thanks to close-ups of his face, I was struck by the emotions he was keeping in check. Hearing the cheers of more than 100,000 people in the square below him, and at the same time knowing what an ...

One issue any pope would have to face when elected to govern the Catholic Church in 2025 is that of continuing to address the ...

Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the chief priests all the things ...