It came to me after I prayed in a garden dedicated to the Virgin Mary. I actually heard words in response ... People have always wondered if the Mary in John 11 is Mary Magdalene, but I’d never read ...

In the Gospel of John, Mary Magdalene is the first person to see Jesus after the resurrection. Jesus appeared to Mary after she returned alone to the empty tomb and instructed her to tell the ...

Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion ... New York A tiny portrait of Mary Magdalene by Raphael has sold ...

Pope Francis emphasized Mary Magdalene’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion.

The large canvas above the iconostasis shows Mary Magdalene before the Roman Emperor Tiberius. In her hand she holds a red egg which she presents to the Emperor, symbolizing the resurrection and ...

Chief among these is Mary Magdalene, a woman infamous in Western ... to record dialogues of Jesus with his disciples, both before and after the resurrection. In the Dialogue of the Savior, for ...

(photo: Vatican Media / VM) AC Wimmer/CNA Vatican February 1, 2025 Pope Francis highlighted Mary ... Magdalene at the empty tomb, Francis emphasized how she “turned around” multiple times ...