A new exhibition on Mary Magdalene in art has just opened at the Diocesan Museum of Agrigento in Sicily. The show features ...

A 2,000-year-old burial cave in Israel is continuing to stir debate. Who exactly was buried here? Was it one of Jesus’ female ...

Not only is Mary Magdalene an important woman in the Bible, but she is also a saint, and probably the most misunderstood ...

The risen Jesus must ascend to the Father; the gift to Mary is the gift of a new world in resurrection, the gift of seeing reality and receiving grace renewed. Her call now is the awesome work of ...

In St. John’s telling of the Easter story (John chapter 20), Mary Magdalene shows up first. She’s there to care for the corpse of her beloved Rabbi and Lord, but all she finds is an empty tomb.

The conflation happens in this way: Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany are joined as one, and then the similarities in the anointing accounts—John 12:1–8, where Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus ...

This is British artist Harold Copping’s depiction of the grieving Mary Magdalene as she is about to meet the risen Jesus Christ in his tomb. Copping lived from 1863-1932. (Courtesy Photo) ...

This lack of certainty in biblical texts about Mary Magdalene’s life has fueled myths, misconceptions, and speculation. Chief among them: she was a sex worker. This myth dates to 591, when Pope ...

St. Mary Magdalene is the disciple of Jesus Christ (John 20:11-18). Then, there is the anonymous penitent woman in Luke 7:36-50. Finally, some think […] ...

St. Mary Magdalene is the disciple of Jesus Christ (John 20:11-18). Then, there is the anonymous penitent woman in Luke 7:36-50.

On St. Mary Magdalene’s feast day, we read from the Song of Songs at Mass: “I will rise and will go about the city; in the streets and the broad ways I will seek Him Whom my soul loves.” And ...