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Pope Francis Adds Feast of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus to Church Calendar

The Raising of Lazarus (1857), by Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat. Public Domain.

The Raising of Lazarus (1857), by Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat.

The memorial of St. Martha was already included on Jan. 29 in the General Roman Calendar before the Second Vatican Council, but St. Lazarus and St. Mary had been originally left off due to uncertainty about the identity of Mary Magdalene.