Tag: St Mary Magdalene

A historic Bernardine monastery complex and the Church of St Mary Magdalene in the western Ukraine city of Lviv were hit by aerial drone strikes 24 March, just ahead of the observance of Holy Week.

This is the edited text for the Homily of the Mass for the Feast of St Mary Magdalene, Apostolorum Apostola, Youth Pilgrimage for Jubilee of Hope 2025, Metropolitan Duomo of the Nativity of St Mary, Milan, 22 July 2025.

In 2016, Pope Francis elevated the celebration of St Mary Magdalene from memorial to a feast in honour of her witness to the risen Christ—yet who exactly was she and what are we able to learn from her?

Mary Magdalene was saved because she loved very much, a love so extraordinary that it is recorded in the Holy Scriptures. Her name is mentioned...