To the editor:
In the June 16 issue of the Catholic Herald, you give four of the five columns on Page 5 to “Celebrating Women.” As the father of six daughters (and two sons), I applaud that.
However, on Page 23, you give two column inches in column five to the story, “Pope elevates memorial of St. Mary Magdalene to feast day.”
In my not-so-humble 90-year-old opinion, this story should be on the front page!
Mary Magdalene has been denigrated many times over the past 2,000 years, when, again in my not-so-humble opinion, she was and is one of Jesus’ leading apostles, rivaling Peter as Jesus’ top apologist.
Please read this article from the Smithsonian: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-mary-magdalene-119565482/?no-ist
Bill Wambach, Sun Prairie