Slightly off topic, but Judas did not necessarily go to Hell, and God certainly didn’t condemn him by predestining him to betray Jesus. He had the chance to repent and come back to Jesus and ask forgiveness, which he did not do.
As the Church teaches concerning suicide, it is possible that in any final instance of life, concious or not, before his death, Judas could have repented.
In fact, some Catholic theologians in the past have speculated that Juda hung himself because he wanted to go to the afterlife and find Jesus and ask His forgiveness. Of course this may not have worked, since Jesus went to Abraham’s bosom and Judas may have gone to hell, but then again if Judas hung himself BECAUSE he was repentant and wanted to seek Christ’s forgiveness, that might count for something since he was trying to do what he thought was right, and in fact sacrificing his life for the sake of following Jesus’ command to confess and be forgiven. This idea becomes more interesting when you realize that Jesus hadn’t really taught his Apostles all that we know today until
after the resurrection, so Judas didn’t necessarily understand everything. Additionally, remember that Jesus said that “you,” speaking to the 12 Apostles (including Judas), “would sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.” He told this to Judas, knowing that he would betray him. All very interesting.
Of course I am not meaning to support Judas, or act like he’s my favorite. It’s just a wildly interesting theological question.
