
A ten-year-old black girl in California bled from her palms, feet, right side, and the middle of her forehead for nineteen days in 1972, until good Friday, when the bleeding stopped. A Washington, D.C., priest experienced spontaneous bleeding from his writsts, feet, and right...

Through interviews with medical experts and modern stigmatists, the author examines the controversies surrounding stigmata and relates the fascinating history of stigmatists, which began with St. Francis of Assisi in 1224.
