It takes place from the Loggia of the Blessings Hall of the Vatican Basilica, with a Latin formula inspired by chapter 2 of the Gospel of Luke. "Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: habemus Papam!

St. Luke is one of the first prominent Gentiles in early Christianity. Despite his fame as the author of one of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, we know almost nothing of his life.

This Sunday’s Gospel mentions Jerusalem twice. “It is written,” writes Luke, “the forgiveness of sins would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem” (Lk 24:47).

While the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are similar in their accounts, the Gospel of John differs. According to the text, Judas Iscariot betrayed Christ, who was arrested by Roman authorities ...

Luke tells us that the Pentecost time of remembering God's law was "fulfilled." That word, sumpleroo, speaks of completion, the achievement of all that the law was meant to be. Something new is afoot.

The events of the Holy Week are recorded in all four Gospels of the Bible’s New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.