A tiny portrait of Mary Magdalene by Raphael has sold at auction for $3.1 million. The delicate oil painting measures less ...

Visit the homepage for more information. A famous college in Oxford, the Cathedral of the Magdalene in Salt Lake City, and countless girls and women have been named after Mary Magdalene The Da Vinci ...

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...

Pope Francis emphasized Mary Magdalene’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion.

Mary Magdalene is first mentioned by name in Mark, the second Gospel. However, Luke refers to Mary earlier in his account of Jesus' life than Mark does. In Luke 8:2, Mary is referred to as someone ...

For only the third time this century, a painting by renowned Renaissance great Raphael is coming to auction. It is of Mary ...

In this gnostic gospel, Mary Magdalene appears as a disciple, singled out by Jesus for special teachings. In this excerpt, the other disciples are discouraged and grieving Jesus' death.

Other famous depictions of the “Penitent Magdalene,” as Mary Magdalene at this phase of her life is sometimes called, show the saint crumbling inwards. Donatello’s sculpture Penitent ...

In his second Jubilee Audience on hope Pope Francis invites us to embrace conversion as a lifelong journey, highligting the ...

but on the side of life,” the Holy Father explained. “He can be mistaken for one of the people we encounter every day.” The Pope connected Mary Magdalene’s spiritual journey to the broader ...