I don’t know about you, but when someone starts reading a Pauline epistle at Mass, I find it hard not to be lulled into a state of half-consciousness by his repetitions, like in today’s first reading: ...

It is the final week of Jesus' life. The long-awaited "hour" of his death, pent up for so long like water behind a dam that is suddenly released, strikes with blinding speed and savage fury. Jesus' ...

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 ...

It seems quite obvious, as Gospel accounts only recall the traces of the risen Christ: a stone rolled away, a burial shroud cast aside and angels present at an empty tomb. But when reading today’s ...

The most important woman in human history was Mary, the Mother of God. No mere mortal has ever been so richly honored as she who bore God in her own flesh and truly named him her son. Who was the ...

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 ...

In the year A.D. 33, Mary (Rooney Mara) is a young woman — in the new film "Mary Magdalene" — who spends her days with the women of Magdala along the shore of Galilee. They mend fishing nets and tend ...

The Mel Gibson-directed The Resurrection of the Christ, a two-part sequel to 2004 hit The Passion of the Christ, is in development now Jaakko Ohtonen, Mariela Garriga and Kasia Smutniak have been cast ...

The Resurrection of Christ has found the actors to play Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene, as Jaakko Ohtenen and Mariela Garriga, will play the roles, respectively. The Resurrection of Christ is ...

Mel Gibson’s “The Resurrection of the Christ,” his long-delayed follow up to 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ,” has cast Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen (“The Last Kingdom”) in the role of Jesus, ...