Greeting the Padre Pio Prayer Groups Francis says that prayer "is not a good practice for peace of heart, neither a pious way to obtain from God what we need. If it were so, it would be moved by a ...

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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SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy — On Saturday Pope Francis asked Catholics if they try to pray as Jesus did — out of love for God — or if they only pray when they need something from God or want a “shot” ...

The following letter from Julius Babao, who just came back from a trip to Italy with wife Tintin Bersola, says it all: My only knowledge of Padre Pio at that time were from pictures that I have seen ...

Alex Quinn, Belfast songwriter, explains how Padre Pio's help for his son, Philip, inspired him to write a song in honour of the saint: When my son was 15 he was sent home from school with a sore head ...

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 ...

Padre Pio's body has been exhumed and is on public display in San Giovanni Rotondo for the first time, 40 years after his death in 1968. His body is being displayed in a crystal, marble and silver ...

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 ...