Pope Francis used Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion during a jubilee year audience at the Vatican. He emphasized the importance of changing perspective and recognizing the risen Jesus in everyday people.
Pope Francis highlighted Mary Magdalene ’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion during a jubilee year audience at the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Saturday.Philadelphia archbishop: ‘My heart sank’ after learning of Friday plane crashPilgrims reach out to greet Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Feb. 1, 2025.
The encounter was one of a series of Saturday jubilee audiences of 2025, following a first meeting with pilgrims and a heart-to-heart with journalists.Drawing from the Gospel of John’s account of Mary Magdalene at the empty tomb, Francis emphasized how she “turned around” multiple times before recognizing the risen Jesus — a detail the pontiff said was carefully chosen by the evangelist.
The pope connected Mary Magdalene’s spiritual journey to the broader meaning of conversion, noting that entering “the new world” often requires changing perspective more than once. “From Mary Magdalene, whom tradition calls ‘the apostle of the apostles,’ we learn hope,” the pope said, adding that the journey of faith requires a “constant invitation to change perspective.”
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