When a man afflicted with leprosy came to Jesus, begging on his knees to be healed, we’re told that Jesus, “moved with compassion, stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I ...

In so doing, he ignores Jewish precedents for this, such as the prophet Elisha healing Naaman’s leprosy. Jesus does not do away with ritual impurity, a natural state that all people at one time ...

It's the 6th Sunday in Ordinary time and our gospel this Sunday is similar to last Sunday's gospel, where we learned that our Lord Jesus Christ is a healer and a preacher.

Two new researches toward a cure for leprosy: In Berlin, Professor S. Paldrock has succeeded in killing the bacilli and stopping the spread of local infection by freezing diseased tissues with ...

Today’s Gospel story is about the Cleansing of the Leper. As you must have learned a long time ago, leprosy was the scourge of ancient society.

DNA of Jesus-era shrouded man in Jerusalem reveals earliest case of leprosy. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 12 / 091216103558.htm ...

Tinku Pandit (36), a leprosy patient, from Snehpur leprosy colony in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district exercised his right to vote for the first time, hoping for an improvement in lives of the ...

Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints Sunday, including a 19th century priest for work with leprosy patients on a Hawaiian island.

Jesus Christ’s healing of the leper in the Gospel of Mark encapsulates the whole history of salvation, said Pope Benedict XVI in his Sunday Angelus address for Feb. 12.

Every time conservative Roman Catholics try to stop the Pope from bringing change to the Church they are on the side to those who killed Jesus. A leper came to Jesus and said, “Lord, if you ...