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Mary Magdalene - an Apostle to the Apostles

27/6/2018

 
Author: Jenny O'Brien
When we hear the word “apostle” most of us think of the twelve male apostles, perhaps with Peter coming to mind before the others. However, not long ago Pope Francis reminded us that there is indeed a female apostle whose importance to the Church has often “slipped under the radar.”  He was referring, of course, to Mary Magdalene, who has often wrongly been portrayed in the annals of Church history and religious art as a prostitute or “fallen woman” despite the fact that no such evidence appears in the Gospels.

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