I have heard it said by some of my colleagues that Mark’s Gospel is a subversive gospel. Their reasoning is that this Good News account of Jesus cuts to the heart of social, political, religious and ...

Benedict XVI reflects on Jesus' healing of the leper and 154th anniversary of Our Lady of Lourdes' first appearance to St. Bernadette. VATICAN CITY (EWTN NEWS/CNA)—Jesus Christ’s healing of the leper ...

To understand biblical attitudes toward leprosy, it is important to realize that the malady mentioned in Leviticus is not Hansen’s disease, the ailment that today goes by the name leprosy. Hansen’s ...

A leper came to Jesus, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, 'If you will, you can make me clean.' Moved with pity, he ...

In his Sunday Angelus address Pope Francis focused on mercy, noting how Jesus heals not by giving lectures, but by going close to those who suffer and curing the "leprosy" of our sin. "The hand of ...

Sometimes a message conveys the inverse of what was intended. A man with a skin disease begged Jesus for help. Had he already done his ritual shout? Had he torn his clothing? Was he following the ...

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Sometimes a message conveys the inverse of what was intended. A man with a skin disease begged Jesus for help. Had he already done his ritual shout? Had he torn his clothing? Was he following the ...

Would you consider yourself a leper? We use that term to mean several things. It could mean a person with Hansen’s disease, the brutal ailment that attacks nerves and limbs and causes deformity. It ...