Leprosy was a common skin condition at the time of Jesus. People thought that it was a contagious disease, and this led to leprosy sufferers being treated as social outcasts. As a result there ...

At a leper colony in Vietnam, Pontifical Mission Societies USA President Monsignor Roger Landry celebrated Mass, brought ...

According to the gospels a man with leprosy knelt before Jesus saying 'Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.' Jesus replied 'I am willing, be clean' and instantly the man was cured of ...