I get angry when I see Mary Magdalene depicted as a prostitute. Like many of Christians, though, I grew up thinking she was just that. The false conception of Mary Magdalene can be traced back to (at ...

Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Christ near the empty tomb is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malverne, N.Y. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Today is ...