When the Irish Catholic Church’s National Synod Assembly meets in Meath on October 17, some 240 individuals from every walk of life will pray and talk more about strengthening and supporting the Church’s mission. The details are many, but the underlying theme of the documents before them is the Gospel. A topic threaded throughout is…

Christians have Mary Magdalene and the other women to thank for the news of the Resurrection. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John recount the same happenings. Some details are different, but it is quite clear that Mary Magdalene and others found Jesus’s tomb empty and that they told the apostles. Peter and John believed them and…