About the Author

Ralph Gorman was born in Binghamton, New York, in 1897. He attended the Catholic University of America and was ordained a priest of the Passionist Order in 1924. He studied further at the Ecole Biblique et Archeologique in Jerusalem and taught Scripture at St. Michael's Monastery in Union City, New Jersey. He served as editor of the Sign for twenty-four years and wrote two books: The Last Hours of Jesus and The Trial of Christ.