what are these cuts?

The term estimgma comes from the greek language and means signals. Described the wounds that are formed spontaneously on the hands, feet and on the face, like the wounds of Christ crucified.Usually occur in individuals that have a life intensely mystical and very spiritual, but also can be found in other kind of individuals. Are usually very religious people , obsessed by the wounds of Christ and people who want suffer his pain.

In the history of the Church more than 350 known cases , and seventy-two have been declared saints. The Church tends to distinguish between divine and stigmas evil stigmas, depending on the sanctity of the protagonist of the phenomenon in each case , like the features that surround the phenomenon at the time of manifestation.

The stigmas aren't usual bodily injury because there are abundant bleeding that can't be explained because these injuries are to the surface of the skin., away from major blood vessels.Another characteristic is that the blood is clean and pure and we can't cure the wound, in this case stigma.Never heal.

Many stigmatized reported visions of Christ and angels, with God or any religious character of the Catholic religion and normally smeel new smeels similar to the petals.