Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... BIOGRAPHY:A SAINT STUDY Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age By Sergio Luzzatto Translated by Frederika Randall Because 90 percent 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 ...

Tears in her eyes, Lorena Ocampo joined hundreds in kneeling down Wednesday, March 14, to thank the person she believes is responsible for healing her daughter and for countless other miracles over ...

As hundreds of faithful filed through Naperville's Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church on Friday to view relics of a saint, one volunteer may have felt the strongest connection. The church hosted the ...

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Since 90 percent of Italians are Catholic, a writer might be wary of publishing a scrupulously researched takedown of a popular Italian saint. Yet with “Padre Pio” — the English translation of an ...

When you walk into Santa Trinita Church in Florence, Italy, the first thing you notice is a chapel on the right. The iron grille in front of the altar is covered in small cards, pinned in place by ...

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 ...

Devotees of Saint Padre Pio in the Philippines say the visit of a woman who testifies that the new saint cured her years ago of blindness has brought "miracles" and more into their lives. During a ...

There is a strong and deep connection between Padre Pio and Norristown — and there will be a great celebration of this powerful saint with many Masses celebrated in Norristown on his feast day on ...

Central Iowans lined up Wednesday to see relics of the canonized Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina.Demand to see the relics forced the closure of High Street in front of St. Ambrose Cathedral.Pio 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 ...