Who was Caiaphas?

Caiaphas (Yosef bar-Kayafa) was High Priest in the time of Jesus. There are several references to him in the New Testament (Mt 26:3; 26:57; Lk 3:2; 11:49; 18:13-14; Jn 18:24, 28; Acts 4:6). The historian Flavius Josephus says that Caiaphas acceded to the high priesthood [...]
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The pope encourages people to spread the joy of Easter

The pope Benedict XVI explained how the Church celebrates the mystery of the Resurrection: “The resurrection is the greatest of God’s mighty acts in history; mysterious beyond all imagining, it is also a real event attested by trustworthy witnesses who in turn became messengers of [...]
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Pope's Urbi et Orbi blessing on Easter Sunday

Thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square to listen to Pope Benedict XVI deliver his Urbi et Orbi blessing from his window on Easter Sunday. Urbi et Orbi, is Latin for "to the city and the world".
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