Mark St. Germain’s ‘Magdalene’ at Chester Theatre offers standout performances and a bold reimagining of Mary Magdalene and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eliza Griswold on Mary Magdalene, ... In approximately 1455, the Italian master Donatello carved a wooden figure called the “Penitent Magdalene”: emaciated, barefooted, ...

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese tells the tale of St. Mary Magdalene, a once-demon-possessed woman who transformed through faith in "The Saints." ...

Donatello’s sculpture Penitent Magdalene (circa 1453-55), ... At $3.1 million, Saint Mary Magdalene is a “potential bargain” compared to some of his other pieces, as Artnet writes.

It is of Mary Magdalene. At just 20, Raphael painted an unusually beautiful "Penitent Magdalene." ... But where Donatello carved Mary with sunken eyes and a heavily lined face, ...

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 ...

She’s one of the most recognized figures in the Bible—and perhaps the most misunderstood. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene.

This is British artist Harold Copping’s depiction of the grieving Mary Magdalene as she is about to meet the risen Jesus Christ in his tomb. Copping lived from 1863-1932. (Courtesy Photo) One of ...

This directly references Mary Magdalene, a woman some Apocrypha gospels say Jesus was said to have been in love with. In Christianity, Jesus is God in human form, just as Chuck would be.

Then one Sunday this past Easter season I casually said to her, “You are our Mary Magdalene.” I received a blank stare. Later I realized she was thinking of the misconception that has endured ...