On Mother's Day, it seems fitting to talk about the women who followed Jesus with dedication, service and hospitality, as ...

In religion’s iconography of femininity there is another pole against which women are unfairly judged: Mary Magdalene. I do not mind admitting that I have been fascinated with her since I first saw ...

Filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee is demanding the release of secret documents he claims could rewrite Christian history.

In a culture that sidelined women, Jesus included them as partners in ministry. These women were not just passive followers, ...

“When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore.” It was during Easter of 2020, in the middle of the pandemic lockdown, that I realized that Mary Magdalene had headed out to the ...

For centuries, Mary Magdalene's name has been linked to numerous theories, stories, and interpretations of the Gospels. Was she really a prostitute? Was she romantically involved with Jesus? Or was ...

Mary Magdalene’s importance in the Gospels chiefly stems from the fact that she was a witness to both Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. She had been an early convert: we are told that Jesus ...

The homily the pope prepared focused on the Easter Gospel’s description of Mary Magdalene running to tells the disciples that Jesus had risen and Peter and John running to verify the news. Running, ...

With these questions in my mind, I read the description. The woman depicted in the painting, Mary Magdalene, was wrongly identified as a sinner who regretted her past, becoming “a symbol of ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei ...