Various historical testimonies document that the beloved St. Pio of Pietrelcina (commonly known as Padre Pio), whose feast day is celebrated on Sept. 23, had the gift of xenoglossia — that is, he was ...

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 ...

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 ...

Above, the hospital founded by Padre Pio was built in 1956 on the top of a hill in San Giovanni Rotondo. Today, it cares for more than 1 million patients. Below, Capuchin Father Robert Guenin ...

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Padre Pio, who had the physical marks of Christ's passion on his body, showed Christ crucified to the world, Minister General Fr. Roberto Guerin, OFM Cap., said during a Mass for the saint's feast on ...

Because yesterday the corpse of the vastly popular saint was exhibited to his devotees, for the first time since his death in September 1968. An uneducated Capuchin friar from the town of San Giovanni ...

The story of the 20th-century Catholic saint, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, an Italian stigmatist and faith healer, and his modern-day connection with mid-winter depression. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina was ...

You might think Shia LaBeouf portraying a 20th-century Italian saint under the direction of perpetual bad-boy expat Abel Ferrara is a pretty strange prospect. But that’s just the iceberg tip of the ...

First thing’s first, Abel Ferrara’s latest film “Padre Pio” can’t exactly be described as a biographical drama about Francesco Forgione, the Franciscan Capuchin friar whose stigmata and mystical ...