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Untold story of Judas fight with dog, encounter with Holy Mary

Fr Timothy Kiplagat of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Diocese of Eldoret, lead the faithful in procession on Friday. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

One of the most intriguing questions that have always pervaded the Easter period is: Was Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed Jesus and thus purportedly set forth the process of human salvation, a saint or a villain? It is a question quite easy to ask but whose answer is as complicated as the mosaic that mankind’s redemption is.

Inevitably, when considering the Passion of Jesus, the dramatis personae are quite obviously Jesus himself, his accusers and his betrayer. Judas Iscariot then etches himself right at the centre of this matrix.

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