Sex worker, saint, sinner, witness, wife. In the 2,000 years since Mary Magdalene is said to have watched Jesus Christ die on the cross, she’s been labeled many things. But neither theory — penitent ...
Just in time for Easter, Universal Pictures’ Focus Films released “Mary Magdalene,” starring Rooney Mara as Jesus of Nazareth’s most famous female follower, and Joaquin Phoenix (Mara’s current love ...
Brendan Butler argues that Pope Gregory the Great's 591 C.E. homily unfairly branded Mary Magdalene a sinner, suppressing ...
Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...
My name is Mark Goodacre, and I am a professor of New Testament and Christian origins in the Department of Religious Studies at Duke University. I was series adviser and one of many on-camera experts ...
SALT LAKE CITY — For actress Elizabeth Tabish, playing Mary Magdalene on "The Chosen" is both an honor and a privilege. Tabish, who also recently had roles in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and ...
St. Mary Magdalene’s feast on July 22 is the perfect time to see what we really can learn about her and from her. The raising of the rank of the liturgical veneration of St. Mary Magdalene from ...
Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, `I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that he had said these things to her.” As the effort to accurately portray Mary Magdalene advances, many women ...
For a long time, the one thing that most people knew about Mary Magdalene was her status as a “fallen woman” who washed Jesus’ feet and begged forgiveness for her carnal sins. Today, it’s more widely ...
A reader of my review of Mary Magdalene offers an impassioned defense for the medieval Western view of St. Mary Magdalene as a penitent with a notoriously wanton sexual past, a profligate adulteress ...
Bell recorded the audio for a different project in 2010 and had no idea that Fox News recently purchased it to turn it into a ...