For only the third time this century, a painting by renowned Renaissance great Raphael is coming to auction. It is of Mary ...

Chief among these is Mary Magdalene, a woman infamous in Western ... have now proven that this portrait of Mary is entirely inaccurate. She was indeed an influential figure, but as a prominent ...

A youthful work by Raphael is set to go under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York Thursday and could fetch millions of ...

In this gnostic gospel, Mary Magdalene appears as a disciple, singled out by Jesus for special teachings. In this excerpt, the other disciples are discouraged and grieving Jesus' death.

Pope Francis highlighted Mary Magdalene’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion during a jubilee year audience at the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on ...

Mary Magdalene is one of the best-known figures in the Bible and has been a frequent inspiration to artists and writers over the last 2000 years. However, her identity has provoked much debate.

The encounter was one of a series of Saturday jubilee audiences of 2025, following a first meeting with pilgrims and a ...