Statues have meaning only as "conductors"; they help in directing our attention to the one signified by the statue. A statue of Mary can be compared to such a "conductor." She leads to what is most ...

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.

A “hateful” vandal smashed a statue of the Blessed Mary outside a Catholic church in Queens this week, police said. The callous creep used a rock to desecrate the statue in front of the ...

An eccentric, innovative, workaholic master, Donatello lit up his statues with an inner soul ... the freedom and spirit of this new age. His Mary Magdalene, carved out of wood, is provocative ...

It is in the latter landscape where Donatello and Venus de Milo have set out to plumb the depths of the confluence between magic and science. Unfortunately, it is also there where they are ...

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.

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People have gathered at Glastonbury Tor to honour Mary Magdalene's feast day. The day is celebrated in honour of the Christian saint who was said to have been the first to witness Christ's ...

Mary Cavner, 80, who lives in Hampshire but grew up in County Cork, was sent to work in one of Ireland's notorious Catholic-run Magdalene Laundries. She said her six years at the workhouse ...

A Virgin Mary statue that was stolen from a South Milwaukee church has been recovered 13 months after it was taken. Two suspects were identified. Yahoo Life Shopping ...

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