{"id":3083,"date":"2016-06-04T23:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T03:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3083"},"modified":"2016-06-04T20:31:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T00:31:50","slug":"what-does-the-catholic-church-teach-about-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/what-does-the-catholic-church-teach-about-tattoos","title":{"rendered":"What does the Catholic Church teach about tattoos?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/fIBRFPESRl8\" title=\"What does the Catholic Church teach about tattoos?\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">You may have heard that tattoos are sinful, but is this true and is this what the Church teaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>People often refer to the verses in the book of Leviticus to show that this is sinful. 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