Mary at the Cross – was she there?

Michaelangelo’s Pieta
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There is no mention of the mother of Jesus being present at the Crucifixion in the synoptic gospels. Or have we been misreading the texts describing the group of women followers from Galilee who were at his death and subsequently went to the tomb? / By MARGARET HEBBLETHWAITE

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