Every year, on Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion, Catholics around the world hear the same reading from the Gospel of John. As Jesus stands before Pilate, Pilate asks him if he is a king. In reply, ...

The birds of Jerusalem welcomed brother sun’s rise with morning songs. The shadow cast by the Second Temple pointed westward toward the governor’s palace. It was westward, toward the palace, that the ...

Pontius Pilate woke up one morning to meet Jesus Christ and a rabid mob demanding Jesus’ crucifixion. The Roman prefect, or governor, was very discomfited especially after getting a message from his ...

“What is truth?” It’s the question Pontius Pilate asked Jesus right before he condemned Jesus to death. Fast forward some 2,000 years—it’s the same question many are asking in a culture where truth is ...

From the time of Pontius Pilate to the internet age, people have turned their backs on Jesus, the papal preacher said at the Vatican’s Good Friday liturgy. Capuchin Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa made ...