May Catholics get tattoos?

[Jomama83]

I’m getting conflicting answers from family on this question. I have recently renewed my faith and would love to get a beautiful symbolic/religious tattoo. Is body art against our beliefs or breaking a rule I don’t know about?

 

[Reginald_Plum]

Jomama,

These links should be helpful for deciding if you would like to get a tattoo. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please contact Catholic Answers directly.

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