Examples of the claim have appeared on social media platforms including X (archived), Facebook and TikTok. One commonly shared photo of the reliquary has circulated online since at least 2013 ...

Mary Magdalene is one of the most intriguing figures in Christian history and has been portrayed in many different ways. Some say she was a sinner, others say she was a saint, some others say she ...

Similar images of the relic have circulated for years on X, Facebook, Instagram, and in a number of popular posts on Reddit.One Feb. 18, 2020, post on the r/creepy subreddit garnered around 53,000 ...

Mary may have come into contact with Jesus because of his healing powers. “Seven demons had gone out of her,” says Luke (Luke 8:2). Some scholars believe that the Magdalene may be the same ...

Whether you believe she was a penitent prostitute, the wife of Jesus or the apostle’s apostle, Mary Magdalene and her story have intrigued the nation since Dan Brown published “The Da Vinci ...

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 ...

One hand props up her lovely, pensive face. The other holds a skull, which gleams with reflected light. De La Tour is inviting us to make a connection between the two pairings of head and hand.

Eliza Griswold on Mary Magdalene, the subject of numerous controversies who is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more imaginative approaches to faith.

Mary Magdalene, who was first to see Jesus resurrected, was a young woman. ... In the Kimbell painting, it’s hard not to be affected by Mary’s fresh face, her unblemished skin, ...