Netflix’s new biopic about the mother of Christ fails to offer a clear vision of its subject.

She recalled that the people there “sang with special zeal the Magnificat . . . and feasted on . . . the hope of an imminent revolution.” This sort of thing isn’t easy. The Church of the Carpenter’s ...

The Filipino Chaplaincy Choir of Melbourne is set to sing praises to the Virgin Mary with Magnificat and give tribute to the women in our lives. Johanna Bertumen Nonato shares their story.

Whatever its origin, if Luke himself found the Magnificat and adapted it to explore Mary’s response to God’s “dispensation”, Mary’s song must be earlier than Luke’s Gospel. Comparisons are drawn with ...