Mary Magdalene

Western culture does not do well with death. We no longer have rituals and practises to support the grieving. We seem to find the whole idea of death uncomfortable, living in denial of our own essential mortality. In ancient times all the way into the nineteenth century, death was a visible reality. With death rates…

In all the contention of who Mary Magdalene was the focus is often on her relationship with Jesus rather than the truth of who she was. I personally believe Mary Magdalene was most likely an ordained priestess, a prophetess, a mystic, a powerful preacher and an initiator who performed baptisms. Mary Magdalene continued her own…

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta. Francis had served as pope, the head of the Catholic Church, for twelve years. The cause of his death was officially registered as a stroke followed by irreversible cardiac arrest. More than…