But in the familiar Passion Week story told in the other three gospels, Jesus cleanses the temple at the end. I was totally unaware of this difference in the core narrative of my faith.

Jesus’ cleansing of the moneychangers from the Temple is a reminder to Christians of the need for “authentic worship” and “conformity between liturgy and life,” Pope Francis said.

Jesus’ dramatic act of cleansing the temple highlighted the corruption of its spiritual purpose as a sacred symbol of God’s presence.

Today’s Gospel is about the Cleansing of the Temple by our Lord Jesus Christ; a story that most Christians know by heart. You can read it in John 2:13-25.

Of course Jesus created a scandal because the Sanhedrin or the Pharisees tolerated the Jews selling their wares, their animals and exchanging currency from other lands inside the temple.

Pope Francis finally had his big meeting of Catholic bishops and other church leaders, where he could settle the whole child-abuse scandal that has continued throughout his papacy. You have to ...

For Saint John (2:13-25), the cleansing of the temple in Jerusalem by Jesus was such a fundamental statement; it deserved to be located theologically at the beginning of his public ministry ...

Pope Francis drew a penitential lesson from Jesus' Cleansing of the Temple, encouraging Christians to allow Jesus to drive out "all the behaviors that are against God, against our neighbor, and ...

One of the most puzzling events of Holy Week is called the cleansing of the temple. Jesus, sometime after his triumphal entry into Jerusalem (now known as Palm Sunday), visited the temple. Inside ...

For John (2:13-25), the cleansing of the temple in Jerusalem by Jesus was such a fundamental statement by Him that it deserved to be located theologically at the beginning of His public ministry ...