New feast touts Mary Magdalene as 'paradigm' for women

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  New feast touts Mary Magdalene as 'paradigm' for women

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  • Inés San Martín
  • June 10, 2016
  Liturgically speaking, the decision by Pope Francis announced on Friday puts Mary Magdalene’s feast on par with the celebrations of the male apostles, with a Vatican official hailing her as “an example and model for every woman in the Church.”