For years, internet users have shared images of a weathered skull inside a gold reliquary shaped like a woman's head, identifying it as the genuine skull of the biblical Mary Magdalene. Examples of ...
On Easter Sunday in the year 591 A.D., Pope Gregory I made an error that would sully the reputation of one of Christ’s greatest followers for centuries. During a ...
The Gospels give some intriguing clues to the identity of Jesus’ famous follower—who was unwed, moved freely, and provided for the Apostles out of her own resources. A Renaissance (c. 1524) ...