Q. I’m a priest in Mexico. I get a lot of questions about the morality of tattoos. Many young people want to get them, and so ask me if permanent skin decorations are a sin. Many devout adults in ...

Gabe Wells wears glasses and a button-down shirt, is built like a tank and has several large, Catholic-themed tattoos. He got his first when he was doing a year of service after high school. It is an ...

When the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the English Carmelite, St. Simon Stock, she carried the Carmelite scapular in her hand and told him: "This shall be the privilege for you and for all the ...

“When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that because I am a Catholic I cannot afford to be less than an artist.” Flannery O’Connor ...

A monastic group in Vienna is offering to ink followers. I’m all for it: with its cycle of pain and regret, it’s pure Old Testament In the olden days of the missionaries, God used to recruit followers ...

In the Old City of Jerusalem it's hard to escape the ancient history that's still alive within its walls. A simple smartphone search can send you on a walk to a centuries-old shop, bring you to the ...

“In God’s hands” read several of the tattoos inked during a free-of-charge session over the weekend — organized by none other than Austria’s leading group representing Catholic nuns and monks. “It’s ...