Who was Judas?
He was undeniably an apostle – one of the twelve. This is an indisputable fact, but he was still a traitor, and the most heinous traitor in human history. Is it possible, then, for someone to question his apparent treachery, arguing that he was an apostle, so it is impossible? Is it necessary to question the fact that he was an apostle in order to declare him a traitor?
No. Here …More
Who was Judas?

He was undeniably an apostle – one of the twelve. This is an indisputable fact, but he was still a traitor, and the most heinous traitor in human history. Is it possible, then, for someone to question his apparent treachery, arguing that he was an apostle, so it is impossible? Is it necessary to question the fact that he was an apostle in order to declare him a traitor?

No. Here everyone seems to agree with me.

So why is it necessary to prove whether someone is or is not a pope in order to acknowledge that a pope lies and betrays our Lord Jesus Christ – which is also an undeniable fact since at least the Second Vatican Council -?

When St. Paul says that even an angel from heaven, if he preaches a different Gospel, let him be accursed, does he not clearly indicate that it does not matter who such a person is or how he preaches this different Gospel?

Whether I write “Pope Francis” or Bergoglio, after all, will not change what he does or says. The truth is immutable.
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Private or official betrayal?

The faithful of the Catholic Church have been artificially divided into supporters of the theory that a heretic can be Pope, or that a heretic cannot be Pope. An axis of …
Maria Lylyander
@Theresa Werner True, he would have been forgiven. It is so tragic that he obviously felt remorse yet couldn't ask for forgiveness.
Theresa Werner
Judas would have been forgiven had he repented and begged forgiveness. Suicide is a mortal sin that condemns one to Hell.
Maria Lylyander
What always bothered me is that Judas played a crucial part in salvation history: Without his betrayal, Jesus wouldn't have been arrested and crucified. But still he is punished.
I am making sense? Yes he was a traitor. But also part of God's plan, no?