The government has this year cut back a funding lifeline for listed churches, putting historic buildings and the art they ...

Have things changed for women since the time of Mary Magdalene? In a world where we aren’t trusted, Mary’s encounter with the risen Jesus is an act of solidarity.

But Jesus was no longer there. All they saw was an empty tomb and the burial cloths, nothing more. Later, some of them met Jesus on the way. Mary Magdalene even mistook him to be the gardener.

In the soft haze of dawn, as the world held its breath between darkness and light, Mary Magdalene walked alone toward a tomb. Her heart heavy with grief, she carried spices to anoint a body, expecting ...

One version involves Mary Magdalene’s trip to Jesus’ tomb three days after his crucifixion. She carried a basket of cooked eggs to share with the other women who would be mourning at the tomb.

The setting is a garden or the empty tomb where Mary has confused Jesus for the gardener, causing many artists to portray Jesus holding a gardening tool. Ask yourself what might these images of Noli ...

Informed by Mary Magdalene that His tomb was empty following His crucifixion, Peter and “the other disciple whom Jesus loved” (John himself) rushed to the scene.

Perhaps one of the most riveting narratives in the Bible is the story of Mary Magdalene’s visit to Jesus’ tomb that first Easter morning. While it was still dark, it wasn’t one of the 12 disciples or ...

It seems quite obvious, as Gospel accounts only recall the traces of the risen Christ: a stone rolled away, a burial shroud cast aside and angels present at an empty tomb. But when reading today ...

Mary Magdalene’s story follows the legend of Mary of Egypt, a fourth-century desert mother who, according to Sophronius, was a prostitute who worked her passage from Alexandria to Jerusalem by ...

In that location, the foot of “the apostle to the apostles” was, therefore, a symbolic last relic for pilgrims to visit before arriving at the tomb of St. Peter.