A love for Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest who grew up in Pietrelcina, has been passed down to generations of Italians.

ROME — Known around the globe as simply “Padre Pio,” Saint Pio of Pietrelcina has been called one of the “most active” saints in the Church, and continues to work miracles for those who pray through ...

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Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age By Sergio Luzzatto Translated by Frederika Randall Because 90 percent of Italians are Catholic, a writer might be wary of publishing a scrupulously ...

Wednesday was the feast day of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, commonly known as Padre Pio. We recognize saints’ feast days as a way to honor and emulate their example, and to draw close to them, as we would ...

My experience visiting the 10 friaries of Padre Pio — a journey that resulted in the book ‘Following Padre Pio’ — was a true adventure. St. Pio of Pietrelcina with the book cover from ‘Following Padre ...

BUENA BOROUGH — Hundreds gathered Wednesday night at the roadside shrine to St. Padre Pio, as they do every week. A brother in a long beard and a brown robe spoke about faith over the roar of passing ...

A new book by award-winning Bray-based journalist Colm Keane which chronicles miracles, cures and visions experienced by Irish devotees of Saint Padre Pio includes a miraculous occurrence in County ...

All have witnessed or heard of the miracles of Padre Pio, the revered healer priest and saint, and now they want everyone to know about him. An outward sign of the Roman Catholic saint s presence in ...

A County Sligo miracle, brought about through the intercession of Saint Padre Pio, the Italian stigmatic, mystic and wonderworker, is featured in a new book, Padre Pio: The Irish Connection, by ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II made it official Sunday: Padre Pio, long regarded by followers as a saint, was canonized in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Square that drew one of the largest crowds ever ...