Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene, Cusco, eighteenth century, oil and gold on canvas, Colección Barbosa-Stern, Lima. Courtesy of Blanton Museum of Art Left: “Painted Cloth” is on view through ...

1. 'Painted Cloth' is stunning. No piece in "Painted Cloth" is skippable, so if you're looking for a quick afternoon visit, rethink that. The exhibit includes more than 70 objects, including an ...

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 ...

Mary Magdalene, who was first to see Jesus resurrected, was a young woman. To see her in her spiritual swoon, in the intimate setting of her private space, is to feel beauty at work.

Elizabeth Tabish, who plays Mary Magdalene in "The Chosen," talks to members of the media at the Salvation Army's Camp Hoblitzelle in Midlothian, Texas, on Aug. 15.

See the Miniature Portrait of Mary Magdalene That Raphael Painted When He Was Only 20 Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the ...

The Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City has lost an incomparable treasure: a bone fragment believed to be from the New Testament’s Mary Magdalene. The fragment, smaller than a fingernail filing ...

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. Mary ...