More than five million people visit the Sistine Chapel every year to see Michelangelo’s masterpiece Mary Magdalene may have been identified among the 300 tangled figures depicted in Michelangelo’s ...

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. Mary Magdalene is one ...

Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Christ near the empty tomb is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malverne, N.Y. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Today is ...

“Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark …” (Jn 20:1) I have long loved Mary of Magdala, for a number of reasons—most particularly, the fact that my birthday ...

She is one of the most significant women in the Bible. But what did Mary Magdalene really look like? In Western art and film – such as the 2018 film 'Mary Magdalene', starring Rooney Mara – she is ...

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...