Nathanael Andrade explores the historical record to puncture a "misreading" that has often come back to haunt Jews come ...

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social ...

Hochul was among the many local, state and world leaders who shared reactions to the death of the head of the Catholic Church ...

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...

Brutal tyrant or reluctant judge? Pilate’s encounter with Christ exposes the cost of power, fear, and placating the crowd.

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein ordered all U.S. and N.C. flags on state facilities to fly half-staff immediately in honor of Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday morning. The ...

Mizoram's Governor V K Singh and Chief Minister Lalduhoma express condolences for the death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American head of the Roman Catholic Church. Praised for his humility and ...

In the New Testament, Andrade told me, Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judaea who sentences Jesus to death, “is more or less portrayed as believing in Jesus’ innocence, while the chief ...

As Governor over Judea, Pilate represented the Roman Empire to the people of the occupied land and considered petty disagreements between religious factions as beneath him. In Scorsese’s telling ...

On the Sunday an army courier ran to the palace of Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Judaea. His urgent message from duty command at the Antonia Fort garrison told him that Jesus's grave was empty.

Pope Francis's death has elicited an outpouring of grief in Indonesia, with tributes in the world's largest Muslim-majority ...

Hawaii’s Catholic leaders are reflecting the life and service of Pope Francis, who passed away at 88-years-old.