“The Passion of Mary Magdalen” has been called This year's must-have summer reading. The book is the central novel of the trilogy THE MAEVE CHRONICLES about Mary Magdalen, the biblical character currently at the center of international media attention. The best-selling novel and movie THE DA VINCI CODE has drawn criticism from religious leaders on the Christian right and from the Papacy who opposes many of the novel’s ideas regarding Mary Magdalen and her relationship to Jesus Christ. Recent scholarship, however, points to the possibility that Magdalen was one of Jesus’ key disciples—possibly his wife—and that her role and influence in early Christianity were expunged from the canonical Gospels and official Church history.

Tune in as the author, Elizabeth Cunningham, the direct descendant of nine generations of Episcopal priests, joins Pat to share the insights and details chronicled in her book.