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2. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-mystery-ofThe Mystery of the Five Wounds | Smithsonian

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   Nov 18, 2011 · Through the centuries, stigmata has become one of the best-documented, and most controversial, of mystical phenomena. The extensive record makes it possible to compare cases that occurred centuries...

3. www.americamagazine.org › faith › 2022/09/23Explainer: Padre Pio and the (controversial) history of the ...

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   Sep 23, 2022 · During his life and after his death, these expressions of Padre Pio’s holiness have been debated. Believers say that in addition to receiving the stigmata, Padre Pio prophesied that Karol ...

4. ewtn.co.uk › chpop-secrets-of-the-mysteriousSecrets of the Mysterious Stigmata: 6 Facts You Probably Didn ...

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   5 days ago · Stigmata is one of the strangest phenomena in the Catholic Church in the last few centuries. If you don’t already know, the stigmata is a supernatural phenomenon in which the wounds of Christ from His passion and death miraculously appear on a person’s body.

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6. www.catholicsandcultures.org › italy › mary-andCharismatic and controversial Padre Pio is Italy's most ...

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   There are shrines to Padre Pio in a number of places connected to his life, but the largest of these is at San Giovanni Rotondo, where he lived and worked for most of his life as a priest. San Giovanni Rotondo is in the Gargano, a mountainous region of Italy that on the map looks like the spur in the boot of Italy. The town was located along a pilg...

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   Christopher McKevitt, who did extensive ethnographic research in San Giovanni Rotondo in 1986 and 1987, saw two types of devotion there: one characteristic of the many lay devotees who had moved to San Giovanni Rotondo to be close to Padre Pio and his cult (and were physically close to the shrine), and another characteristic of the native populatio...

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   Christopher McKevitt, “San Giovanni Rotondo and the Shrine of Padre Pio,” in Contesting the Sacred: The Anthropology of Christian Pilgrimage, eds.John Eade and Michael Sallow (London: Routledge, 1991) 77-97. McKevitt contrasts perspectives of pilgrims, villagers, and transplanted resident devotees to the cult that has grown up at the shrine. Christ...

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7. ewtn.co.uk › article-the-triumph-of-the-crossThe Triumph of the Cross, Viewed Through the Stigmata

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   6 days ago · Canadian Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz has created a series of sculptures of anonymous figures — a homeless person on a bench, a beggar on the ground, a prisoner behind bars. Only by the scarred hands — the stigmata — does the viewer know that it is Jesus in the least of his brethren.

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   Aug 31, 2018 · There are some faithful servants, however, who endure the ultimate mark of their religion. Seen as blessed, these people bear the wounds of Christ’s crucifixion —the stigmata. Many believe stigmata to be a blessing to the holiest of servants, those saints among men who’ve been touched by Christ.

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   Who has the most famous stigmata?

   • Even so, some of the most famous cases have been men, such as Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Padre Pio. 5. Saint Padre Pio had the stigmata for 50 years and multiple doctors studied him. Probably the most famous modern case of the stigmata, and one examined in light of modern science, was the stigmata of Saint Padre Pio.

   Secrets of the Mysterious Stigmata: 6 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

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   What does stigmata mean in Catholicism?

   • If you don’t already know, the stigmata is a supernatural phenomenon in which the wounds of Christ from His passion and death miraculously appear on a person’s body. Some saints have also suffered what is called invisible stigmata, in which they feel the sufferings of Christ but without the bodily marks. What should Catholics make of this?

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   Is stigmata a blessing or a skeptic?

   • Seen as blessed, these people bear the wounds of Christ’s crucifixion —the stigmata. Many believe stigmata to be a blessing to the holiest of servants, those saints among men who’ve been touched by Christ. Skeptics, on the other hand, believe that it is merely a medical problem, self-harm, or other explainable malady.

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   Why is stigmata important?

   • This idea creates a theological space for phenomena like stigmata, where the wounds of Christ become physically manifest in an individual. The person bearing these wounds often undergoes a profound spiritual journey, leading to deeper union with Christ. St. Francis of Assisi is perhaps the most famous stigmatic in Church history.

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   Is stigmata a mystical experience?

   • Within the Catholic tradition, this phenomenon is most often seen as a mystical experience and a sign of special union with Christ in His Passion. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) doesn’t specifically mention stigmata, but it does offer guidance on the role of mysticism and mystical experiences in the life of a Christian.

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   Is stigmata real?

   • Evidence for the reality of stigmata, moreover, is sketchy at best; Father Herbert Thurston, the great Jesuit authority on the physical phenomena of mysticism, contended that there had been no completely believable case since that of St. Francis himself.

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    What is Stigmata? Stigmata refers to the bodily wounds, scars, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ. The term itself is derived from the Greek word ‘stigma,’ meaning a mark or sign.