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Vatican Newspaper: Judas' Kiss Was "Sign Of Friendship" - Stone - 04-12-2023
Sarcastic Vatican Newspaper: Judas' Kiss Was "Sign Of Friendship"
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gloria.tv | April 11, 2023
OsservatoreRomano.va (March 29) doubts Judas’ condemnation in an article entitled “Our brother Judas” by Father Simone Caleffi.
Contrary to the Gospel, Caleffi claims, that Judas’ kiss to Christ in Gethsemane was a “sign of friendship” with no sinister meaning. The Gospel says that Judas kissed Jesus to identify him.
Inadvertently, Caleffi questions his own interpretation when he says, "It's hard to get inside someone's mind, let alone understand the motives and behaviour of others, when sometimes we can't even understand ourselves!" He rhapsodises about Judas, “What could have gone through his mind in the end, what final thought, what cry?"
For Caleffi it is "certain" that Jesus, "who is infinite Mercy, gave his life for everyone, even for the most unfortunate, desperate, and guilty of his friends" - a fact that no one disputes.
Judas romanticism has been propagated several times by Francis, who pretends he doesn't know where Judas ended up.
Sticking to the facts: Christ calls Judas the son of perdition who is “lost” (John 17) and for whom it would be “better not to be born” (Mark 14).
Since the Vatican is presently full of traitors, it is understandable that they are interested in "rehabilitating" Judas.