Tattoos and Catholicism

[Drea_Mea]

Gotta agree with that. I use to live in the Milwaukee arch diocese with Weakland who took our donations to the church and used it to move pedophiles around during the church scandal… and to pay off his young gay lover. (Still not sure why he kept his title as arch bishop). But I would never think something is morally right because a priest did it… That’s why I was looking for the church’s teaching if there were any. But I’ve decided in the end not to get one. Not because of pain, but because the views of the church is so murky. It isn’t worth the moral risk.

 

[Saul_to_Paul_1]

Gotta agree with that. I use to live in the Milwaukee arch diocese with Weakland who took our donations to the church and used it to move pedophiles around during the church scandal… and to pay off his young gay lover. (Still not sure why he kept his title as arch bishop). But I would never think something is morally right because a priest did it… That’s why I was looking for the church’s teaching if there were any. But I’ve decided in the end not to get one. Not because of pain, but because the views of the church is so murky. It isn’t worth the moral risk.

How are the views of the Church murky? There is no Church position against or for tattoos. There is no moral risk.

 

[adamhovey1988]

This may be a stupid question, but gets it goes.

I’ve gone through a lot in my life. The worst was when I lost 4 family members, including my dad, within months of either.

I have had many health issues, mental as well as physical. Recently I was forced to have a hysterectomy because my female issues were so bad.

I nearly lost my dog whose both what I call my “furkid” and my medical service animal. By the grace of God she got better.

I say by the grace of God, cause I honestly believe her health improving when it was so dire was God. Everyday I make it through I believe is a day God helped me through.

I was thinking of getting a small tattoo on my wrist as a reminder of my struggles, and that God wants me to always keep fighting. Something to remind me that I can over come. And honor my loved ones and my love of animals.

I was thinking of having the chorus to the song “Carry on my wayward son, there’ll be peace when you are done” written on the shape of a rosary, with a cross at the bottom and two gold roses on either side to represent the golden flowers St. Bernadette saw on our lady’s feet, then inside the rosary shaped lyrics, a paw print for my love of animals, and inside that AKF for always keep fighting.

But then I heard you can’t get a tattoo if you’re catholic.

I don’t particularly like tattoos but the Catholic Church has no formal position against them. In fact you will find a lot of posts on here dealing with that very issue