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's story is explored in the final installment of "The Saints." (Fox Nation) According to the gospels, this patron saint of converts was once plagued by demons.

The conflation happens in this way: Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany are joined as one, and then the similarities in the anointing accounts—John 12:1–8, where Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus ...

Prince Louis of Wales reacts as he carries gifts from wellwishers, after attending the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, eastern ...

Prince Louis of Wales reacts as he carries gifts from wellwishers, after attending the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, eastern ...

Prince Louis made well-wishers laugh on Christmas Day with his cheeky antics during a morning church service. As they traditionally do, members of the royal family attended the Dec. 25 service at St.

He embraced Mary Magdalene with his love, channelled her love; and she became a key member of his apostolic band. Repeatedly, he didn’t pass by on the other side. IN A sermon marking the 1600th ...

Marina Warner writes about several portraits of Mary Magdalene with writing instruments in hand by a French artist from the early 16 th century, the Master of the Female Half-Lengths, ‘surely some of ...

But you’re not alone, and you’ve never been alone. You stand in a long tradition, from Mary Magdalene preaching, “Hey, everyone, let me tell you what Jesus just told me!” on down.

Tradition holds that Mary Magdalene spent the last 30 years of her life in and around Marseille, preaching and baptizing believers until she retired to a grotto in the mountains of Sainte-Baume.

Mary Magdalene: A Cultural History Philip C. Almond. Cambridge Univ, $39.99 (350p) ISBN 978-1-00-922169-6 ...