Two Catholic parishes in metro New Orleans are preparing this weekend to receive lines of the curious and devout, pilgrims come to see and pray before a purported relic of Mary Magdalene, companion to ...

VATICAN CITY — Faithful to the wish of Pope Francis, a new decree has bumped the liturgical celebration honoring St. Mary Magdalene from a “memorial” to a “feast,” putting her on par with the apostles ...

A line of people formed early to see and pray before a purported relic of Mary Magdalene, companion to Jesus, at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Mandeville Friday.The Magdalene relic is in the ...

KENTWOOD, MI -- “We rise again from ashes, to create ourselves anew,” parishioners of the St. Mary Magdalen Church sang in the opening hymn Tuesday night during a memorial prayer service. They sang ...

‘Christ’s Appearance to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection’ by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, 1835. (Credit: From the collection of The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.) Listen We celebrate ...

This is "Christ's Appearance to Mary Magdalene After the Resurrection" by the Russian painter Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov. Because Mary's heart has been turned toward Christ through conversion and ...