During a vision, Saint Francis of Assisi was miraculously marked with the stigmata – the wounds from the nails and the lance that Christ suffered during his Crucifixion. What does the Bible say about stigmata? An individual bearing the wounds of stigmata is a stigmatist or a stigmatic. In GalatiansRead More →

If stigmata is real, there is no medical or scientific explanation for it. Wounds do not suddenly and spontaneously appear on people’s bodies for no reason; some specific instrument (such as a knife, tooth, or bullet) can always be identified as causing the trauma. Does the Catholic Church believe inRead More →