Texts discovered in the mid-20th Century raised further questions about the nature of her relationship with Jesus. Mary Magdalene is first mentioned by name in Mark, the second Gospel. However ...

Jesus calls her by her name ... Lord and one day see him in Glory (opening prayer), and that we be filled "with the same faithful love that kept Mary Magdalene close to Christ." ...

Both subjects address the effect of selfless love on someone directly inspired by Jesus. But Saint Francis was a man in a brown sackcloth. Mary Magdalene, who was first to see Jesus resurrected ...

A: We do not know if Mary, the Mother of Jesus, was present at the Resurrection. Scripture is silent but mentions explicitly Mary Magdalene (Mk 16,9; Mt 28,9; Jn 20,11-18). Many of the Church fathers ...

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.

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

The encounter was one of a series of Saturday jubilee audiences of 2025, following a first meeting with pilgrims and a heart-to-heart with journalists.

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

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.

Pope Francis highlighted Mary Magdalene’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion during a jubilee year audience at the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on ...