People who have stigmata exhibit wounds that duplicate or represent those that Jesus is said to have endured during his crucifixion. The wounds typically appear on the stigmatic's hands and feet (as ...
It seems as if the Roman Catholic church doesn't like to discuss stigmata, or at least doesn't like to recognize it.<BR><BR>Some say that those who receive the wounds of Christ suffer from a mental ...
In his TV series and accompanying book, Civilisation, Sir Kenneth Clark refers to “the rarest of experiences: spiritual ecstasy.” While spiritual ecstasy is indeed very rare — along with bilocation ...
On Sept. 17, overlooking Tuscany’s Casentino Valley in Italy, Father Massimo Fusarelli, OFM, minister general of the Franciscan Friars Minor and the 121st successor of St. Francis of Assisi, blessed ...
A woman touches a statue of St. Padre Pio in the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie at the Shrine of St. Pio of Pietrelcina in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, March 16. Pope Francis was to visit the ...